http://www.manasclerk.com/blog Because the killer app is us. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:54:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2011/03/29/the-power-of-mentoring-and-why-you-didnt-get-it/ http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2011/03/29/the-power-of-mentoring-and-why-you-didnt-get-it/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:43:11 +0000 Forrest Christian http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/?p=1650 http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2011/03/29/the-power-of-mentoring-and-why-you-didnt-get-it/feed/ 2 http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2009/11/09/being-happy-makes-you-less-productive-sometimes/ http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2009/11/09/being-happy-makes-you-less-productive-sometimes/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:50:49 +0000 Forrest Christian http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/?p=1127 [Full Post]]]> http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2009/11/09/being-happy-makes-you-less-productive-sometimes/feed/ 2 http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2009/09/11/dont-think-youre-smart/ http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2009/09/11/dont-think-youre-smart/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:05:52 +0000 Forrest Christian http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/?p=1020 Carol Dweck showed is that students who thought that they succeeded because they were smart did more poorly in new tasks. They wouldn't ask for help because they were supposed to be able to figure it out themselves, or perhaps because they thought that if they asked for help they would be shown as not being smart. Of course, this can be mixed with a DIY attitude, to make it even worse. I'll chime in here with a personal story: when I was in college, I wouldn't go to the math profs' office hours because I somehow believed that I shouldn't ask for help. It could have been a result of believing I succeeded because I was smart. It was at least also a part of "don't ask for help" that was a cultural thing with my family. Compound the latter with the former and you get someone who could have done much better in differential equations than he did. (It didn't help that I really don't have a strong aptitude for mathematical thinking, arriving at most of my conclusions through intuition and guesswork.) So internally you need to think that you succeed because of effort. Lots of people ignore this advice. This leaves them open to being manipulated by you to your advantage, as long as you are willing to not be the smartest person in the room. ]]> http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2009/09/11/dont-think-youre-smart/feed/ 5 http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2009/06/29/barbara-fredrickson-talks-positivity-on-wunc/ http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2009/06/29/barbara-fredrickson-talks-positivity-on-wunc/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:47:05 +0000 Forrest Christian http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/?p=430 http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2009/06/29/barbara-fredrickson-talks-positivity-on-wunc/feed/ 1 http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2009/06/22/finding-a-dime-can-make-your-last-year-happier/ http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2009/06/22/finding-a-dime-can-make-your-last-year-happier/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:12:46 +0000 Forrest Christian http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/?p=394 http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2009/06/22/finding-a-dime-can-make-your-last-year-happier/feed/ 1 http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2009/06/12/unhappy-stop-trying-to-be-happier/ http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2009/06/12/unhappy-stop-trying-to-be-happier/#comments Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:11:57 +0000 Forrest Christian http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/?p=412 http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2009/06/12/unhappy-stop-trying-to-be-happier/feed/ 0 http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2009/04/21/bonuses-backfire/ http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2009/04/21/bonuses-backfire/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:54:57 +0000 Forrest Christian http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/?p=926 http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2009/04/21/bonuses-backfire/feed/ 0 http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2008/09/26/getting-rid-of-the-dead-wood-at-ge/ http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2008/09/26/getting-rid-of-the-dead-wood-at-ge/#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:16:40 +0000 Forrest Christian http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/?p=550 http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2008/09/26/getting-rid-of-the-dead-wood-at-ge/feed/ 0 http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2008/08/22/kinstons-algies-guide-on-how-managers-can-approach-decisions/ http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2008/08/22/kinstons-algies-guide-on-how-managers-can-approach-decisions/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:27:24 +0000 Forrest Christian http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/?p=502 http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2008/08/22/kinstons-algies-guide-on-how-managers-can-approach-decisions/feed/ 3 http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2008/05/23/the-bros-heath-explain-incentive-pay-structures/ http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2008/05/23/the-bros-heath-explain-incentive-pay-structures/#comments Sat, 24 May 2008 00:31:22 +0000 Forrest Christian http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/?p=450 http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2008/05/23/the-bros-heath-explain-incentive-pay-structures/feed/ 0