Comments on: Choice http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2008/choice/ Making personal development fun Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:56:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: shAdOwArt http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2008/choice/comment-page-1/#comment-884 shAdOwArt Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:49:18 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=41#comment-884 Hi I discovered your blog last week, and since then I've read through your entire archive. And you know what, all of them are really interesting! Thanks for doing this. The one thing that really caught my eye was the "Learning Mastery". I've always considered the art of learning to be the ultimate skills. It's nice to see someone thinking among similar lines. One other trick I've been using a lot, that wasn't mentioned, is to write down questions I'd like to have answered from a more experienced person, and then answering them myself, as if I was that person. It's about making you conscious about your own knowledge. Choice and freedom is another interesting topic. I hate being forced into things. I may brutally turn down my mom's very generous offer to clean the house just to do it three hours later (the alternative to do it later was never offered). Cleaning the house isn't that bad - if I myself have chosen to do it. Maybe one key to happiness is to see the possible choices in different situations. For example, instead of sulking cause my boss told me to do this or that tomorrow I may rejoice in the fact that I've got plenty of choice when to do it, tomorrow. Shall I do it at 9am? 10am? 11am? There's plenty of possibilities! Maybe your school restaurant offers only one dish, but at least you may chose where to sit! Actually, a lot of school restaurants in my area have expanded to two or three dishes during the last decade. Most people never ate the vegan alternative, but people could still often be heard expressing their content with the expanded menu. Schools really use such underhanded tricks these days. I'm not going tell you that I'll be back with your next update, it would later make me feel like I have no choice in the matter. Sometimes your own past promises are the worst taskmasters. See ye! Hi

I discovered your blog last week, and since then I’ve read through your entire archive. And you know what, all of them are really interesting! Thanks for doing this.

The one thing that really caught my eye was the “Learning Mastery”. I’ve always considered the art of learning to be the ultimate skills. It’s nice to see someone thinking among similar lines. One other trick I’ve been using a lot, that wasn’t mentioned, is to write down questions I’d like to have answered from a more experienced person, and then answering them myself, as if I was that person. It’s about making you conscious about your own knowledge.

Choice and freedom is another interesting topic. I hate being forced into things. I may brutally turn down my mom’s very generous offer to clean the house just to do it three hours later (the alternative to do it later was never offered). Cleaning the house isn’t that bad – if I myself have chosen to do it.

Maybe one key to happiness is to see the possible choices in different situations. For example, instead of sulking cause my boss told me to do this or that tomorrow I may rejoice in the fact that I’ve got plenty of choice when to do it, tomorrow. Shall I do it at 9am? 10am? 11am? There’s plenty of possibilities!

Maybe your school restaurant offers only one dish, but at least you may chose where to sit! Actually, a lot of school restaurants in my area have expanded to two or three dishes during the last decade. Most people never ate the vegan alternative, but people could still often be heard
expressing their content with the expanded menu. Schools really use such underhanded tricks these days.

I’m not going tell you that I’ll be back with your next update, it would later make me feel like I have no choice in the matter. Sometimes your own past promises are the worst taskmasters.

See ye!

]]> By: ATOzTOA http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2008/choice/comment-page-1/#comment-885 ATOzTOA Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:41:30 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=41#comment-885 Great article man... Honestly, I haven't thought about choice having this much influence. It always happens, "If only I had chosen... " My case, I use Windows at work ( and at home !) and still defend that Linux is better :D _ATOzTOA http://atoztoa.blogspot.com Great article man…

Honestly, I haven’t thought about choice having this much influence. It always happens, “If only I had chosen… ”

My case, I use Windows at work ( and at home !) and still defend that Linux is better :D

_ATOzTOA
http://atoztoa.blogspot.com

]]> By: Kate Saltfleet http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2008/choice/comment-page-1/#comment-886 Kate Saltfleet Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:41:31 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=41#comment-886 "False restriction of choice" - I used to use that strategy loads when I was teaching, and it worked! The assumption was that the work would be done (but there was a choice in the method or the order of tasks). “False restriction of choice” – I used to use that strategy loads when I was teaching, and it worked! The assumption was that the work would be done (but there was a choice in the method or the order of tasks).

]]> By: Tero http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2008/choice/comment-page-1/#comment-887 Tero Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:05:48 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=41#comment-887 There is a google techtalk video which I found very interesting about choice. It made me seriously think about using an "agent" (a good friend you can trust, for example) to help me with bigger purchaces, like a car. "The Paradox of Choice - Why More Is Less" http://youtube.com/watch?v=vMV4PIEIKY4 There is a google techtalk video which I found very interesting about choice. It made me seriously think about using an “agent” (a good friend you can trust, for example) to help me with bigger purchaces, like a car.

“The Paradox of Choice – Why More Is Less”
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vMV4PIEIKY4

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