Comments on: The Paradox of Learning (example of Time Management) http://www.lifebeyondcode.com/2008/03/21/the-paradox-of-learning-example-of-time-management/ Personal and professional development for technology professionals. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:57:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Thought Garage » Notable Thoughts : Monday Edition http://www.lifebeyondcode.com/2008/03/21/the-paradox-of-learning-example-of-time-management/comment-page-1/#comment-3345 Thought Garage » Notable Thoughts : Monday Edition Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:50:04 +0000 http://blog.lifebeyondcode.com/2008/03/21/the-paradox-of-learning-example-of-time-management/#comment-3345 [...] The Paradox of Learning (example of Time Management) The paradox of learning is beautifully explained in the context of time management. The people who attend a time management course are exactly those people who “find” the time to attend the time management course and hence may not really need that course. And, on the other hand, people who don’t attend a time management course can’t find the time to attend one and may be those are the ones that really need the time management course [...] [...] The Paradox of Learning (example of Time Management) The paradox of learning is beautifully explained in the context of time management. The people who attend a time management course are exactly those people who “find” the time to attend the time management course and hence may not really need that course. And, on the other hand, people who don’t attend a time management course can’t find the time to attend one and may be those are the ones that really need the time management course [...]

]]> By: Kare Anderson http://www.lifebeyondcode.com/2008/03/21/the-paradox-of-learning-example-of-time-management/comment-page-1/#comment-3287 Kare Anderson Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:57:27 +0000 http://blog.lifebeyondcode.com/2008/03/21/the-paradox-of-learning-example-of-time-management/#comment-3287 Leave it to bright Hanley to provide this nugget. A companion precept is that whatever someone most emphatically touts as a talent is often the exact lesson she/he most needs to learn in this lifetime. Years ago a playwright I know was approached by a producer who emphasized that what he would most need for his first play was someone who had high professional standards and an ability to attract underwriting from people who would not interfere with the actual staging of the play. What the playwright was to learn, soon after he agreed to work with this producer, was that his two greatest failings were those two qualities. Leave it to bright Hanley to provide this nugget.

A companion precept is that whatever someone most emphatically touts as a talent is often the exact lesson she/he most needs to learn in this lifetime.

Years ago a playwright I know was approached by a producer who emphasized that what he would most need for his first play was someone who had high professional standards and an ability to attract underwriting from people who would not interfere with the actual staging of the play. What the playwright was to learn, soon after he agreed to work with this producer, was that his two greatest failings were those two qualities.

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