For more than we are consciously aware, our daily encounters with parents, spouses, bosses and even strangers shape our brains and affect cells throughout our bodies - down to the level of our genes - for good or ill. In Social Intelligence, Daniel Goleman explores an emerging new science with startling implications for our interpersonal world. Its most fundamental discovery: we are designed for sociability, constantly engaged in a "neural ballet" that connects us brain to brain with those around us.
Our reactions to others, and theirs to us, have a far-reaching biological impact, sending out cascades of hormones that regulate everything from out hearts ot our immune systems, making good relationships act like vitamins - and bad relationships like poisons. We can "catch" other people's emotions the way we catch a cold, and the consequences of isolation or relentless social stress can be life-shortening.
Goleman explains the surprising accuracy of first impressions, the basis of charisma and emotional power, the complexity of sexual attraction, and how we detect lies. He describes the "dark side" of social intelligence, from narcissism to Machiavellianism and psychopathy. He also reveals our astonishing capacity for "mindsight," as well as the tragedy of those, like autistic children, whose mindsight is impaired.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Way Back Into Love
Music and Lyrics
Haley:
I've been living with a shadow over head
I've been sleeping with a cloud above my bed
I've been lonely for so long
Trapped in the past, I just can't seem to move on
Hugh:
I've been hiding all my hopes and dreams away
Just incase I ever need'em again someday
I've been setting aside time,to clear a little space in the corners of my mind
Chorus:
All I want to do is find a way back into love
I can't make it through without a way back into love
ohhh
Haley:
I've been watching but the stars refuse to shine
I've been searching but I just don't see the signs
I know that it's out there
There's gotta be something for my soul somewhere
Hugh:
I've been looking for someone to shed some light
Not just somebody to get me through the night
I could use some direction, and I'm open to your suggestions
Chrous:
All I want to do is find a way back into love
I can't make it through without a way back into love
and if I open my heart again
I guess I'm hoping you'll be there for me in the end
***
Haley:
There are moments when I don't know if it's real
or if anybody feels the way I feel
I need inspiration, not just another negotiation
Chorus:
All I want to do is find a way back into love
I can't make it through without a way back into love
and if I open my heart to you
I'm hoping you'll show me what to do
and if you help me to start again
you know that I'll be there for you in the end.
Haley:
I've been living with a shadow over head
I've been sleeping with a cloud above my bed
I've been lonely for so long
Trapped in the past, I just can't seem to move on
Hugh:
I've been hiding all my hopes and dreams away
Just incase I ever need'em again someday
I've been setting aside time,to clear a little space in the corners of my mind
Chorus:
All I want to do is find a way back into love
I can't make it through without a way back into love
ohhh
Haley:
I've been watching but the stars refuse to shine
I've been searching but I just don't see the signs
I know that it's out there
There's gotta be something for my soul somewhere
Hugh:
I've been looking for someone to shed some light
Not just somebody to get me through the night
I could use some direction, and I'm open to your suggestions
Chrous:
All I want to do is find a way back into love
I can't make it through without a way back into love
and if I open my heart again
I guess I'm hoping you'll be there for me in the end
***
Haley:
There are moments when I don't know if it's real
or if anybody feels the way I feel
I need inspiration, not just another negotiation
Chorus:
All I want to do is find a way back into love
I can't make it through without a way back into love
and if I open my heart to you
I'm hoping you'll show me what to do
and if you help me to start again
you know that I'll be there for you in the end.
It's never been easy for me
To find words to go along with a melody
But this time there's actually something on my mind
So please forgive these few brief awkward lines
Since I've met you
My whole life has changed
It's not just my furniture you've rearranged
I was living in the past
But somehow you've brought me back
And I haven't felt like this since
Frankie said relaxed
Based on my track record
I may not seem like the safest bet
All I'm asking you
Is don't write me off
Just yet
don't write me off
just yet
To find words to go along with a melody
But this time there's actually something on my mind
So please forgive these few brief awkward lines
Since I've met you
My whole life has changed
It's not just my furniture you've rearranged
I was living in the past
But somehow you've brought me back
And I haven't felt like this since
Frankie said relaxed
Based on my track record
I may not seem like the safest bet
All I'm asking you
Is don't write me off
Just yet
don't write me off
just yet
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Listed below are the Drivers for Success. Concentrating on growth in these areas can lead to breakthroughs in your life! Identify the breakthroughs in your desire in each of the Five Drivers.
Drivers for Success
Self-Confidence
People Skills
Communication Skills
Leadership Skills
Reduce Stress and Improve our Attitude
Professional Breakthroughs
Personal Breakthroughs
Drivers for Success
Self-Confidence
People Skills
Communication Skills
Leadership Skills
Reduce Stress and Improve our Attitude
Professional Breakthroughs
Personal Breakthroughs
In case I haven't typed this note
1. Don't email when you can call
2. Don't complain too much
3. Do you homework - research!!!
4. Always ask yourself the big quesiton
1. Explain
2. Ask question
3. Business card
1. Too good to go somewhere without aid. Funding is a direct index of how confident they are in you.
2. UChicago graduate school?
3. Do your homework about the program
4. This year is tougher for grad
5. Graduate study abroad? Maastricht, LSE, Spain. Are these programs really worth it? Hard to evaluate the qualities of these programs
6. Talk to department/faculty. Talk to graduate students.
Jorge Garcia-Garcia, Steven Cheung
Ask yourself what you need to have prepared for it. Multi-year preparation. Demonstrated coursework in application.
Things you need:
Intellectual experience
Persistent
Don't apply unless you're really sure
Clear sense of what is involved
What you need to do to be prepared
Transcript reflects thorough preparation
Relevant skills, track record (relevant to previous point)
All this must be evident in your application
7. Have talked to an advisor. Or identified a mentor. Not leave the school you've applied for.
8. Can write a serious note of calculation
9. The liklihood of applicant going to that program
10. What good articles have you read? By whom?
11. Who is doing exciting work
12. Top choice school & right program. Research in excellence reputation is important.
13. Talk to graduate students - indiscreet about life personal and program itself.
14. Look for spark in life. May need to make sacrifices while pursuing a PhD, 7-8 year program.
15. Proof of the pudding - everything in your application is true.
16. You're committing a few years of your life.
Shovel - learn how to dig yourself out of a hole.
To have that talent.
Have that future.
Research pros - where do deep thinkers do their thinking?
Sending signals out but not getting feedback. What if that was your communication with your grad school?
You have learned how to dig. Need to show that in your coursework.
Education
Write think, puzzle it out.
Write a dissertation/ based on your original work.
CREATIVE PEOPLE
Should think about teaching
Research scholar, A good teacher gets tenure. You have to be a good teacher. Do you like that kind of life? Write book, associate with really smart people.
2. Don't complain too much
3. Do you homework - research!!!
4. Always ask yourself the big quesiton
1. Explain
2. Ask question
3. Business card
1. Too good to go somewhere without aid. Funding is a direct index of how confident they are in you.
2. UChicago graduate school?
3. Do your homework about the program
4. This year is tougher for grad
5. Graduate study abroad? Maastricht, LSE, Spain. Are these programs really worth it? Hard to evaluate the qualities of these programs
6. Talk to department/faculty. Talk to graduate students.
Jorge Garcia-Garcia, Steven Cheung
Ask yourself what you need to have prepared for it. Multi-year preparation. Demonstrated coursework in application.
Things you need:
Intellectual experience
Persistent
Don't apply unless you're really sure
Clear sense of what is involved
What you need to do to be prepared
Transcript reflects thorough preparation
Relevant skills, track record (relevant to previous point)
All this must be evident in your application
7. Have talked to an advisor. Or identified a mentor. Not leave the school you've applied for.
8. Can write a serious note of calculation
9. The liklihood of applicant going to that program
10. What good articles have you read? By whom?
11. Who is doing exciting work
12. Top choice school & right program. Research in excellence reputation is important.
13. Talk to graduate students - indiscreet about life personal and program itself.
14. Look for spark in life. May need to make sacrifices while pursuing a PhD, 7-8 year program.
15. Proof of the pudding - everything in your application is true.
16. You're committing a few years of your life.
Shovel - learn how to dig yourself out of a hole.
To have that talent.
Have that future.
Research pros - where do deep thinkers do their thinking?
Sending signals out but not getting feedback. What if that was your communication with your grad school?
You have learned how to dig. Need to show that in your coursework.
Education
Write think, puzzle it out.
Write a dissertation/ based on your original work.
CREATIVE PEOPLE
Should think about teaching
Research scholar, A good teacher gets tenure. You have to be a good teacher. Do you like that kind of life? Write book, associate with really smart people.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Summary of the analytical process - lr decisions: capital budgeting
1. Select a required rate of return. This rate applies to projects deemed to be of average risk and may be adjusted for a specific proposal whose risk is felt to be above or below average.
2. Estimate the economic life of teh proposed project.
3. Estimate the differential cash inflows for each year during the economic life, being careful that the base case is properly defined and quantified.
4. Find the net investment, which includes the additional outlays made at Time Zero, less the proceeds (adjusted for tax effects) from disposal of existing equipment and the investment tax credit, if any.
5. Estimate the terminal values at the end of the economic life, including the residual value fo equipment adn current assets that will be liquidated.
6. Find the present value of all the inflows identified in steps 3 and 5 by discounting them at teh required rate of return, using Table A (for single annual amounts) or Table B (for a series of equal annual flows).
7. Find the net present value by subtracting the net investment from the present value of the inflows. If the net present value is zero or positive, decide that the proposal is acceptable insofar as the monetary factors are concerned.
8. Taking into account the nonmonetary factors, reach a final decision. (This part of the process is at least as important as all the other parts put together, but there is no way of generalizing about it).
2. Estimate the economic life of teh proposed project.
3. Estimate the differential cash inflows for each year during the economic life, being careful that the base case is properly defined and quantified.
4. Find the net investment, which includes the additional outlays made at Time Zero, less the proceeds (adjusted for tax effects) from disposal of existing equipment and the investment tax credit, if any.
5. Estimate the terminal values at the end of the economic life, including the residual value fo equipment adn current assets that will be liquidated.
6. Find the present value of all the inflows identified in steps 3 and 5 by discounting them at teh required rate of return, using Table A (for single annual amounts) or Table B (for a series of equal annual flows).
7. Find the net present value by subtracting the net investment from the present value of the inflows. If the net present value is zero or positive, decide that the proposal is acceptable insofar as the monetary factors are concerned.
8. Taking into account the nonmonetary factors, reach a final decision. (This part of the process is at least as important as all the other parts put together, but there is no way of generalizing about it).
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