20 Tuesday Oct 2020
Posted in Ted Talk
Tags
Freelancing, Learning, Paco De Leon, Self employed, Ted Talk, TedEd, Video
Today’s video is short, but good. Check out Paco De Leon’s freelancing tips.
Have a great Tuesday, folks!
Until next time…
Dave
12 Monday Oct 2020
Posted in Motivation Monday
Tags
Action, Ambition, Dedication, Discipline, Drive, Exercising, Learning, motivation, Reading, Writing
After a relaxing week off, I’m back at it.
Here’s my schedule for the week:
Writing/Blogging Daily
Exercise Daily
Spiritual Exercise/Reading Daily
Learning/Coding Daily
Reading Daily
I hope each of you has a great week!
Until next time…
Dave
13 Sunday Sep 2020
Posted in Spread Your Wings
Happy Sunday!!
Weekly Challenge: This week’s challenge is to learn something new. You pick the topic; you choose how much you want to know. Widen your knowledge about something you’re curious about. You can achieve this challenge by reading a book or article, watching something on YouTube, or finding a good documentary on Netflix or Amazon Prime.
Happy learning!
Share in the comments about the topic you chose or what you learned.
Until next time…
Dave
01 Tuesday Sep 2020
Posted in Ted Talk
Tags
Discovery, Invention, Jeff Dekofsky, Learning, Mathematics, TedEd, Trivia, universal
This is a cool video about the question of Math being a human invention or a discovery? I hope you enjoy it!
Until next time…
Dave
24 Monday Aug 2020
Posted in Motivation Monday
Tags
Coding, Exercising, journaling, K.M. Allan, Learning, motivation, Reading, Spiritual, Writing
I hope everyone’s weekend was outstanding! I got my work done and took some time to watch a few Marvel movies. I re-watched Iron Man, Iron Man 2, and Iron Man 3. These are all great stories, and the special effects are over the top. I also got in some entertainment reading. I’m reading K.M. Allan’s second book in her Blackbirch series, which is really entertaining. I don’t read a lot of fiction, because non-fiction is more up my alley, but the Blackbirch series is awesome. I highly recommend you buy it, if you enjoy a good story. Here’s the link: https://amzn.to/2QlKrmR
Anyway, I hope all of you have a great week! Here’s my daily schedule:
Journaling daily (Personal, Dream, and Spiritual)
Coding daily (Data Science Path Codecademy)
Writing daily (Book, Blog, Classwork)
Exercise daily (See Workout Routine)
Reading daily (multiple books, articles)
Learning daily (Codecademy, Masterclass, Study.com)
Spiritual daily (Contemplation, Spiritual Reading)
That’s it folks! Have a great week!
Until next time…
Dave
11 Tuesday Aug 2020
Posted in Ted Talk
Tags
Cat, Chad Orzel, Learning, Quantum Mechanics, Schrodinger, Ted Talk, TedEd, Trivia
This is one of the more entertaining topics in Quantum Mechanics. If you’ve heard of this one, but don’t know how it connects, catch this short video. It’s a great one!
Until next time…
Dave
18 Saturday Jul 2020
Posted in Spiritual Saturday
One of the hardest things for me to do is to listen to someone who has ideas or beliefs that are counter to mine. It took a lot of hard effort to loosen up my mind so that I could hear another’s point of view. I overcame this by forcing myself to read articles written by people I disagree with to learn from them. Why do they think the way they do? What benefit does their thinking afford them?
When you read articles like these, some of them will absolutely piss you off. But there’s a silver lining. You can also learn something. Perhaps they will expose a weakness in your logic or arguments. Perhaps they will demonstrate why they believe what they do and why it is important to them. There is so much to learn from others who have a different point of view.
A disadvantage of not listening or reading another person’s point of view, particularly if they do not agree with you, is you are not stretched. Anyone can listen to people they agree with. There is no mental work. It is nothing more than a self-gratifying exercise. Listen to someone you disagree with, and you will stretch. You’ll learn something. You still may not agree with what is said, but you’ll understand why they believe what they do. It is an excellent exercise.
Tolerate others and they’ll likely tolerate you. I think this is a really important thing to consider today in our “cancel” culture, where people are literally wanting to shut other people up who don’t fall in line with their thinking. For this to work, both people engaged must listen to one another and evaluate where the other person is. Conversation is the only way to achieve this.
Have a great Saturday, folks!
Until next time…
Dave
14 Tuesday Jul 2020
Posted in Ted Talk
Tags
Fun, Learning, Mathematics, Ted Talk, Ted Talk Tuesday, TedEd, Trivia
Learn about one of the most influential mathematicians to have ever lived. I hope you enjoy this one. I will not spoil it for you. There is a surprise in this short video that I found to be fascinating. Enjoy!
By the way. I love educational videos. If there are any of you in my reading audience that would like me to track down a video covering a topic you enjoy, leave me a note in the comments and I’ll get that added into my calendar of future topics!
Have a great Tuesday, everyone!
Until next time…
Dave
25 Thursday Jun 2020
Posted in Thankful Thursdays
Podcasts are one of the greatest inventions of this century. There are so many to choose from and enough content that you can never ever listen to it all. I truly enjoy podcasts because I can listen to them while I do other things.
There are also many platforms for podcasts. I use Spotify for all of my music and podcasts, but you can also find them on Groove, Google Play, Apple Music, and many others. If you have never experienced a podcast, I recommend it. They cover topics like history, politics, music; you name it. I guarantee you will find something you are interested in within the podcast genre you enjoy.
I discovered podcasts after learning that many people listen to them while they work. Since I do a lot of programming every day, I like having one on while I code.
Podcasts are the new “radio”. Radio wasn’t huge when I was growing up, but as I matured, radio became a normal part of my life, particularly when I drive long distances. It’s a great source of information and entertaining as well.
So, today I’m grateful for podcasts of all shapes and sizes. They entertain, teach, and are a welcome part of my time during the day.
Have a great Thursday, folks!
Until next time…
Dave
18 Thursday Jun 2020
Posted in Thankful Thursdays
Tags
Adventures, experiences, Grateful, Learning, Life, Thankful Thursday, Thanks
Today, I’m grateful for life. Oh, the adventures I’ve had. Some horrific, others wonderful. But the journey has been a great ride.
I’ve experienced love and heartbreak, achievement and failure, sickness and good health. Opposites are the nature of our universe. We have light and dark, good and evil, fun and boring, and the list goes on and on.
What makes the journey worthwhile? The ups and downs. When you’re up, you’re on top of the world. When you’re down, it sucks. But either side of this equation is necessary, so we know the difference.
How many people truly cherish life? It really depends on their outlook and belief system. For the nihilists out there, life is meaningless. For the optimist, everything is terrific. I think you’d be hard pressed to find someone that is totally this or that. Instead, you’ll find people that are in the middle somewhere.
I have always chosen optimism over nihilism. Perhaps I was lucky with my upbringing. Perhaps I was born at the right time period. Honestly, I choose to be happy.
My father taught me a terrific way to look at things. He said, “Son, you will always have things you have to do in life. You have to go to school, you have to work, you have to fulfill your responsibilities. You will not escape these responsibilities, unless of course, you want to have a hard life. If you fail to graduate your life will be hard. No one will want to hire you. If you don’t want to work, you will starve, or you will live a life of crime to support yourself. If you’re irresponsible, you will cause great pain for yourself and anyone that joins you on your life’s journey. So you have a choice. You can do the things you are required to do happily, or you can be pissed off your whole life. I choose to be happy. What will you choose?”
Obviously, I choose to be happy. Why be pissed off about the things you have to do anyway? The choice to me was obvious.
So today I’m grateful for the gift of life. I’m grateful for the things I’ve done and the things I have not done. I am grateful for the people who have come and gone in my life. I am grateful for the teachers and mentors who have helped me learn something new, grasp a new concept, or suggested I make an adjustment to the way I think or act. All of these things are a blessing.
Happy Thursday, folks!
Until next time…
Dave
