@joehack3r20 21 Things You Can Learn

From a Lightning Talk

• 300 seconds x 1 slide / 15 seconds = 20 slides

• 21 things is already a challenge, right?

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Writing >> typing

• Writing uses different cognitive processing.

• Increases comprehension and retention.

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Stop “multitasking”

• Multitasking is a lie.

• More you “multitask,” the worse you get at it.

• https://hbr.org/2010/05/how-and-why-to-stop-multitaski.html

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Free is not free

• Time is the most valuable resource.

• Time is a non-renewable resource. 

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Avoid “truthiness”

• Frog will jump out of water that is slowly heated.

• Great wall of China cannot be seen from space.

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Get uncomfortable

• “Do one thing every day that scares you.” —Eleanor Rosevelt

• Do something that scares you… like running 'sudo rm -rf /' to see what happens.

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Make your own decisions

• You can listen to critics, feedback, etc.

• You control how you respond to them.

• Or you can ignore them completely!

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Learn from mistakesDeveloper: “I don’t write any bugs.” Me: “Oh, when did you stop programming?”

• Know when you are wrong, admit it, and learn from it.sudo vim # you’ve just been pwned

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Read more books

• One non-fiction book at a time.

• Fiction books are great to help relax.

• Increase variety to challenge and grow yourself.

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Effective <> Efficient

• Effective is doing the right things, the important things.

• Efficient is doing things well.

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Use psychology to help

• Parkinson's law

• Pareto principle

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Create habits

• Want to create a habit?

• Make it easier to do.

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When matters

• Most willpower and mental strength in the morning.

• Do most important tasks, not email, in the morning.

• Create to-do list in afternoon before leaving.

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Propose solutions

• Never bring up a problem without bringing up solutions.

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Systems thinking

• Google “Scott Adams Goals vs. Systems”

• Replace goals with systems where you learn or grow regardless of the outcome.

• Goals are not the goal.

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Pygmalion and golem effect

• “Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.” —Henry Ford

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Sharpen the saw

• Know you suffer with something?

• Write it down and review regularly.

• Use inspirational quotes to help.

• Take action!

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Copying and stealing

• “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” —Issac Newton

• Good programmers copy. Great programmers steal!

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Change the game

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• What assumptions are you making?

• Are they real limits or self-imposed?

• Put multiple things on a single slide

• Apply lessons to multiple areas

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@joehack3rWho determines

how much you learn?

•You determine how much you learn!!!

• “There can be no learning without action, and no action without learning” — Reg Revans

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