Valuable Quotes on Education

Whoa. What a quote.

A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., US Supreme Court Justice (1841-1935)

I think the above quote may be pointing to the fact that the education of a youth is SO critical, that it deserves massive amounts of attention and preparation. I'm not sure. It could be hyperbole, or not.

"The entire object of TRUE EDUCATION is to make people ...

not merely do the right things, but enjoy them;  (Authority:Goodness)
not merely industrious, but to love industry; (Action:Resolve)
not merely learned, but to love knowledge;  (Action:Relate/Learn)
not merely pure, but to love purity;  (Authority:Goodness)
not merely just, but to hunger and thirst after justice." (Authority:Goodness)

—John Ruskin

http://www.teacheruniverse.com/news/quotes.html

Additional ones for consideration.

List of his quotes at Brainy Quote

A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

A word is not a crystal - transparent and unchanging (unchanged);

it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content

according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.

Words are merely labels that we use to signify both tremendous and petty concepts and ideas.

Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run,
and no man ever caught the reins of a thought except as it galloped past him.


The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.


The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are,
but in what direction we are moving.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

 

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at the touch, nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

What if you did?

What if you did know the parts of life? What if you could put everything in your life in terms of the fundamentals of life? Every situation. Every person. Every piece of information. Then everything could contribute to you becoming more skilled in life, and enjoying it more. Whether at work, at home, at school, or at play.

Because, after all, it's all about life.

A Simple, Unexpected Statement

You don't know
the parts of life!

or

You don't know
the fundamentals of life!

Inspired from "Made to Stick". How to make ideas stick.

ISKO Knowledge Organization

When Google searching "Wikipedia Knowledge Map", I found this Knowledge Map into Wikipedia ...

Knowledge 2008 ... Encyclopedic Portal
http://www.success.co.il/knowledge/encyclopedia/index.html

Which then led to the ISKO - International Society for Knowledge Organization.
http://www.isko.org/

The UK's site
http://www.iskouk.org/

has a blog ...
http://iskouk.blogspot.com/

which points to the KOnnect Blog
http://iskouk.wordpress.com/

Which led to topic map resources
http://iskouk.wordpress.com/knowledge-representation/topic-maps/resources/

Which points to Ontopia
http://www.ontopia.net/topicmaps/index.html

Which points to The TAO of Topic Maps
http://www.ontopia.net/topicmaps/materials/tao.html

From the introduction

Someone once said that "a book without an index is like a country without a map".

However interesting and worthwhile the experience of driving from A to B without a map might be in its own right, there can be no doubt that when the goal is to arrive at one's destination as quickly as possible (or at least without undue delay), some kind of a map is indispensable.

Similarly, if you are looking for a particular piece of information in a book (as opposed to enjoying the experience of reading it from cover to cover), a good index is an immense asset. The traditional back-of-book index can be likened to a carefully researched and hand-crafted map, and the task of the indexer, as Larry Bonura puts it [Bonura 1994], "to chart[ing] the topics of the document and [presenting] a concise and accurate map for readers."

In Troilus and Cressida Shakespeare used a different metaphor:

And in such indexes (although small pricks
To their subsequent volumes) there is seen
The baby figure of the giant mass
Of things to come at large

but also here there is the same sense of the index replicating, in miniature, the structures of its subject, in order to provide a more manageable view of the whole.

And wikipedia has something to say ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topic_Maps

Interim Lead

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... all of your communications
... all of your relationships
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--
Tom

Seven Stages of Action

From the classic book, The Design of Everyday Things, by Donald A. Norman, on p. 48, he states that there are 7 stages of action:

Goal

Forming the goal

Execution

Forming the intention
Specifying an action
Executing the action

Evaluation

Perceiving the state of the world
Interpreting the state of the world
Evaluating the outcome

This mirrors the CLiC Process of:

1. Define
2. Produce
3. Confirm

Blog Reference

Dynamic Learning

Internet Reference's

Amazon, Wikipedia, Donald Norman's Home Page, JND Defined

RDI Patterns Quote

A quote which can be seen in the RDI patterns.

No sensible decision can be made any longer
without taking into account not only the world as it is,
but the world as it will be.

-Isaac Asimov,
scientist and writer (1920-1992)

The Huge 3 - Relationships, Operations, and Projects

Advice passed on via Debbe Kennedy on p. 50 ...

"Jobs, missions, titles and organizations will come and go. Business is dynamic. It changes. Don't focus your goals toward any of these. What you need to do is learn to master the skills that will allow you to work anywhere."

There are four skills: (which are the ability to)

1) Develop an idea
2) Effectively plan for its implementation
3) Execute second to none
4) Achieve superior results time after time

Excerpt from "The Best Leadership Advice I Ever Got" by Paul B. Thornton

at Cornerstone
at Amazon

In considering this ...

Skills 1 and 2 fit under Project skills
Skills 3 and 4 fit under Operation skills

And in realizing this, if we can be effective in the big three, we can be effective anywhere. Just three. That's it. These are the culmination of all of the other parts! But oh what a challenge this is.

Relationships
Operations
Projects

Two Powerful Uses for CLiC Pictures

Provide ...

* A conceptual view of ideas, information, and situations.

* An organized view of becoming a well-rounded person.

Dynamic Learning

The process of learning "on the fly" can be given in four steps:

1. Act.
2. Look for the mistakes (critique & criticize).
3. Recognize and learn how to do it better next time.
4. Go to 1.

(from Do It!)

From Kevin Eikenberry Group

The italicized are my edits.

See also The Seven Stages of Action

Distinctions

critique
a serious examination and judgment of something;

criticize
find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws;

Haphazard vs. Rigorous and Methodical Preparation

Haphazard is the order of the day

(A candid declaration about our culture ...)

We do NOT equip ourselves (or our children)
in a rigorous and methodical way
to live and lead our lives.

However, ironically, we take a painstaking approach to prepare people ...

to play sports
to be musicians
to be architects
to be engineers
etc. etc. etc.

But what is more important? To live life as a person, or be a professional ______  (fill in the blank).

It is not an either-or, but a both-and proposition!

(Provoked by the idea of candor expressed at Shane's Blog With Candor.)

The first C in CLiCs is Crucial

CLiCs are Crucial Life Concepts

The starting "C" in CLiC should be for Crucial vs. Core.
Crucial is more compelling than Core.

From Wordnet for Crucial

• of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis
• having crucial relevance
• of the greatest importance

Adjective

• S: (adj) crucial, important (of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis) "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a crucial issue for women"
• S: (adj) crucial (having crucial relevance) "crucial to the case"; "relevant testimony"
• S: (adj) all-important, all important, crucial, essential, of the essence (of the greatest importance) "the all-important subject of disarmament"; "crucial information"; "in chess cool nerves are of the essence"

Also, the final C ...

The ending "C" in CLiC should be for Concept vs. Component.
Concept is more people friendly than Component.

Funny Quote about IP (Intellectual Property)

Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats.
  - Howard Aiken

This is somewhat encouraging in light of our quest.

Great Language Quotes

Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
  
    Cato the Elder (234 BC - 149 BC)


Words calculated to catch everyone may catch no one.

    Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. (1900 - 1965), speech to Democratic National Convention, Chicago, Illinois, July 21, 1952



For me, words are a form of action, capable of influencing change.

    Ingrid Bengis



Words have a longer life than deeds.

    Pindar (522 BC - 443 BC), Nemean Odes



Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.

    Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)



Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

    William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939)



Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.

    William Penn (1644 - 1718)



My words fly up, my thoughts remain below:
Words without thoughts never to heaven go.

    William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Hamlet", Act 3 scene 3


http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/language/




--
Tom

Words a little wild

Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assaults of thought on the unthinking.

    John Maynard Keynes

http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/John_Maynard_Keynes/

Space, Time and (Personal) Matter

We have visual tools which help us with Space and Time.

Maps ~ Space
Calendars ~ Time

ZoeScope fills the void by helping us see Personal Matters and the interactions involved.

ZoeScopes ~ Personal Matter

Life's Building Blocks

ZoeScope has identified 12 building blocks that are the fundamental constituents of our lives. There are just 4 other compound building blocks which you must absolutely be familiar with in order to live an effective life.

The above is a paraphrase spun off from this site which is about the science of space, matter, and time.

ThinkBlocks are cool!

Came across this site via Google Ads, and I'm glad I did.
I am very impressed. Check out ThinkBlocks. Here is a little blurb from their site ...

Think outside the blocks

Learning to think is absolutely essential. The unique design of ThinkBlocks teaches four universal thinking skills:

• Distinctions: Learn to make to compare & contrast between similarities & opposites
• Systems: Learn organizing, sorting & part-whole thinking skills
• Relationships: Learn about interactions, associations, cause & effect
• Perspectives: Learn to take different points-of-view