Tag: learning

  • John Quincy Adams on GTD

    Not really. Maria Popova on the always excellent Brain Pickings re: John Quincy Adams and his thoughts on getting things done, learning, and wasting time: Years earlier, in observing his own habits of mind in the course of his voracious self-education, Adams had become aware of the meager correlation between effort exerted and results obtained…

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  • I need to learn a new language

    Not a programming language, I’ve got those covered for now, but a spoken language of the tongue. I tried my hand at Dutch, since my family comes from The Netherlands, but I just couldn’t stick with it long enough for it to take. I feel totally ignorant to the world around me – which makes…

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