Archive for July 7th, 2006
Motivation For Achievements I
Friday, July 7th, 2006A man who raises himself by degrees to wealth and power contracts, in the course of this protracted labour, habits of prudence, restraint and wisdom.
A successful man is one who can lay the foundation with the bricks that others throw at him.
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward […]
The Hunter And The Woodcutter
Friday, July 7th, 2006A hunter, not very bold, was searching for the tracks of a lion.
He met a woodcutter. He asked the woodcutter,”Have you seen any lion tracks? I’ve been looking everywhere.“
The woodcutter replied,”If you want a lion, I can take you to a lion’s den.“
The hunter turned pale, chattering with his […]
Operant Conditioning
Friday, July 7th, 2006Operant Conditioning : Learned HelplessnessOperant Conditioning has been applied in a number of ways to human behaviour. One example is work by researcher Martin Seligman that has led to a theory of depression.
Experimental Helplessness Seligman’s work began with dogs in escape and avoidance conditioning procedures. He set up a chamber with a barrier in […]
Quotations About Imagination II
Friday, July 7th, 2006 Creativity represents a miraculous coming together of the uninhibited energy of the child with its apparent opposite and enemy, the sense of order imposed on the disciplined adult intelligence. ~Norman Podhoretz
He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet. ~Joseph Joubert Sometimes I’ve believed as many as […]
