Scott Berkun is a motivational speaker and author. He has written this brilliant essay about ideas and our stubborn attachments to old ones. Read How to be a free thinker.
After that, please read his entertaining article How to detect bullshit.
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
ENG 105 - Scott Berkun's "How to be a Free Thinker"
Read this excellent article by motivational speaker and author Scott Berkun. Observe how many of the ideas that 'chain us' are dictated by values, beliefs, and ideologies.
“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who has said it, even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your reason and your own common sense.” - Buddha
Click here to read the article.
“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who has said it, even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your reason and your own common sense.” - Buddha
Click here to read the article.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Scott Berkun - How to Stay Motivated
College students especially must find ways to stay motivated through the completion of their degrees in order to perform to the maximum of their capabilities. Writer, blogger, and speaker Scott Berkun explores some methods we can use to get motivated and sustain it through to the end of a task.
"All great tasks test our motivation. It’s easy to court ideas over beers and change the world with napkin sketches, but like most things taken home from bars, new challenges arise the next day. It’s in the morning light when work begins, and grand ideas (or barroom conquests) lose their luster. To do interesting things requires work and it’s no surprise we abandon demanding passions for simpler, easier, more predictable things."
Click here to read the essay.
"All great tasks test our motivation. It’s easy to court ideas over beers and change the world with napkin sketches, but like most things taken home from bars, new challenges arise the next day. It’s in the morning light when work begins, and grand ideas (or barroom conquests) lose their luster. To do interesting things requires work and it’s no surprise we abandon demanding passions for simpler, easier, more predictable things."
Click here to read the essay.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
More Scott Berkun Goodness!
I really need to give you guys another writer to read! But here are two more great articles by Scott Berkun that have direct relevance to the conduct of academic argument.
Why Smart People Defend Bad Ideas
How to Learn from Your Mistakes
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Why Smart People Defend Bad Ideas
How to Learn from Your Mistakes
Hope you enjoy these, and don't forget to comment! For those of you who have already been commenting - make sure to become a follower of the blog so that you are notified of the posts.
Friday, February 6, 2009
ENG 105 - Scott Berkun - How to detect B.S.
With the great response we had to the first Scott Berkun essay, here's another: 'How to detect bullshit'. Berkun gives tips for questioning claims and arguments (and lies) through challenging the premises (or lack thereof) they are based on. This is a short essay - besides the humour factor, does anything he says to do seem familiar based on our first few weeks of lectures and reading?
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