22 Sep, 2009
Posted by: admin In: Brains| Learning and Development| Skill acquisition
We learn by failing. A good outcome makes links stronger, and a bad one makes links weaker. And we need that negative feedback. If all we ever get is good feedback, then we are slower to master tasks, and more susceptible to crumbling under pressure. When Netball NZ made refs not keep score for young [...]
Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. The tale goes that when asked how he persevered after failing so many times, he responded by saying that he hadn’t failed, he’d just found 1,000 ways that didn’t work.
So how do you know when you have a good idea, and execution is your problem? And how do you [...]
At its very worst, science is the act of giving complicated names to things to try and sound intelligent. At its best it is an investigation of how things work, leading to insights and developments.
The new field of neuroleadership is teetering between the two at the moment. Cynics accuse neuroleadership believers of dressing up the [...]
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