by Ela | Sep 9, 2011 | Decisions, Learning, Nerdy, Pattern recognition, Patterns, Performance
This is a follow-up for the post on rational decision making. And first, a boring but important bit: “Most theories of choice assume that decisions derive from an assessment of the future outcomes of various options and alternatives through some type of...
by Ela | Aug 8, 2011 | Decisions, Learning, Nerdy, Pattern recognition, Performance
How come you have applied the best strategies to make the best decision, yet the solution you arrived at did not stand against the expectations? How come you have spent so much time on analyzing the data, but the solution did not bring the happiness you were after?...
by Ela | Jun 13, 2011 | Learning, Pattern recognition
Despite the elegance and necessity of generalization, there is however a danger to its use. It is the case when we generalize from examples which are unrepresentative for the given concept. If this happens, they are often too few in number. When I say...
by Ela | Jun 1, 2011 | Get Unstuck, How-to, Learning, Pattern recognition, Patterns
Let’s look at some basic questions, which are nevertheless insightful: How enthusiastic are you about learning? How flexible are you? How do you keep up with the fast pace of our changing world? Whatever your answers to the questions above I hope you recognize...