THE PROCRASTINATOR IN YOUR LIFE

MANAGING PEOPLE WHO PROCRASTINATE

Due to procrastination, employees lose their productivities and cause companies billions of dollars lost.

COMMITMENT VS. COMPLIANCE

As a manager, you need to use inviting commitment rather than demands for compliance.

FOCUSING ON STARTING VS. FINISHING

Effective managers always have the ability to communicate with their employees. Focusing on starting is much more effective for a perfectionist.

GETTING RESULTS OR GIVING CRITICISM

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FINE-TUNING YOUR PROGRESS

PLANNED SETBACKS
You can try to plan procrastination when you meet a big project, and record your self-statement, these statements may be your old pattern.

RESILIENCE AND HARDINESS

Resilience
Resilience is very important when you fail, every time you fail you can bounce back from it and know your performance isn’t your self-worth, but your performance is connected to your perseverance. You don’t need to be responsible for what had happened to you, but you need… ...➔➔➔

Waging War

故兵聞拙速,未睹巧之久也。
If you exposed a war too long, even you are ingenious, you will make a mistake. leave a little to your opponent.

力屈,財襌(殫),中原內需於家,百姓之費,十去其七
Waging a war, you need to forage on your enemy.

故殺敵者, 怒也;取敵之利者, 貨也 Kill your enemy from the power generated by your anger, get benefits from your foe.

WORKING IN THE FLOW STATE

Being into the state of flow is beneficial to your mental and physical health.

USING MORE OF YOUR BRAIN
Using your left side of your brain is important, you need to shift into a state of flow. You need to stop your linear thought.

IT’S ONLY YOUR FIRST DRAFT
Creativity is important, how to get into it? You need to suspend criticism and linear thought and get into the state of flow.

LEARNING TO FOCUS
Here is an exercise of focus just needs two minutes, it is intentionally created in two minutes… ...➔➔➔

Curator and exhibition

Curator 是一个专有名称,曾经被作为“博物馆馆长”之意。

做一个策展人要具备资金筹措能力。

故宫的展览负责人以前是一个机构,以前很稳定。

从展览体制上日本的博物馆和西方没有区别,学艺员的背景是艺术史和博物馆学。 近20年当代形态的艺术开始进入博物馆。 以现当代艺术命名的博物馆开始出现。(美国惠特尼博物馆)

从策展人到独立策展人体现能力的提升可以把各种资源有效的进行组合。
他不涉及到卖作品,画廊和策展人没关系。

如果要想做一个和它相关的展览是不是具备可能性,很多当代艺术的展览模式可能就是需要展览空间。

他们能敏感的发现社会当中的一个动向。泽曼先生被当成最早的独立策展人。
策展人在很大程度上是思维的先知者。

What Kills Me Makes Others Stronger

Antifragility by layers

Some parts on the inside of a system may be required to be fragile in order to make the system antifragile as a result. All restaurants are combating with each other in order to form the antifragility of the whole group. If a single restaurant is too robust when the crisis happens, all reasons are boil down to the fragile of this restaurant.

Evolution and Unpredictability

Nature (and nature-like systems) likes diversity between organisms rather than diversity...➔➔➔

THE ODES OF ZHOU AND THE SOUTH

葛覃  GE TAN
刈yì 濩huò 絺xī 綌yì 斁yì 薄污wù我私
Why does she want to go back to her home? Maybe her life is very hard, though she was hardworking, she didn’t get any respects. In this chapter, I think this woman was from a high ranking family, not like the propaganda from the government. Even though she is elite, but she also gets distresses.

卷耳    JUAN ER
寘zhì彼周行háng 陟彼崔嵬wéi 我馬虺huī隤tuí 我姑酌彼兕sì觥gōng 陟彼砠jū矣 我馬瘏tú矣 我僕痡fū矣
From 金罍, 兕觥, 僕, We can recognize she was from a rich family, the … ...➔➔➔

Tainted Blood

In this chapter, the author introduced the families of Mi-ran and Jun-sang, Mi-ran’s father is a warrior from South Korea and he was captive by North army, he was forced to be a miner in Chojin (that town in northeastern), but he never told this to his daughters and son, until this tainted blood effects their life.

Jun-sang’s family is from Japan, they are wealthy as Japanese-Korean. when Korea divided, some Japanese-Korean thought the North government is better… ...➔➔➔

Chinese modern art history notes 1

《点石斋画报》
编者:由吴友如主编,主要作者有吴友如,田子琳,金蟾香,周慕桥。
特点:配合新闻;注重时事;图文互释
表现形式:追求传统技法,汲取明清时期木刻版画艺术特点,同时采纳西洋绘画透视和人物解剖的特点,新颖活泼,时代气息强。
评价:是中国近代史上最早的画报,1884-1898年前后刊出15年,被认为是“中国近百年很好的‘画史’”。
标志:开启了图文并茂因而可能雅俗共赏的“画报体式,是传播新知识的途径,又是体现平民趣味的场所;
揭露:满清封建政权的腐朽统治
反映:《点石斋画报》所刊4000多幅美术作品,以民主求实的精神,反映19世纪末叶列强侵华史实和中国人民抵御外侮的卓绝斗争;反映科学技术的进步和人民对美好生活的渴望与追求。

《真相画报》
介绍:由二高创办,1912-1913出版17期。
宗旨:监督共和政治,调查民生状态,奖进社会主义,输入世界智识。
目的:反对袁世凯,利用写真手法揭露时局真相,震慑反动政敌真实纪录时事新闻。… ...➔➔➔