Miscellaneous

Professor Matthew Bodie looks into the future of the casebook

Posted on January 11, 2008
What would a law school casebook of the future look like?  Professor Matthew Bodie?s article "The Future of the Casebook: An Argument for an Open-Source Approach," published in the Journal of Legal Studies, discusses the possibilities for creating a digital casebook as an open-source project...

What?s your theme?

Posted on January 10, 2008
I am trying something new this year.  I actually have a theme for 2008.  My theme is learning to get out of my comfort zone.  Here are my reasons for creating a new year?s theme: Focus.  Maintaining just one theme throughout the year will help me stay focused and hopefully, make better progress...

My wellness mindset newsletter

Posted on January 08, 2008
I have some exciting updates to share with you.  I?ve been busy cooking up a few new things for 2008.  One of them is the launch of my weekly wellness mindset newsletter ?Well-Aware.?  I publish this newsletter for my coaching clients and other busy professionals who want to create a healthier lifestyle by building a wellness mindset...

Orientation Series: 21 Steps to Becoming a Better Learner

Posted on January 04, 2008
Step 18:  Establishing rhythms, rituals, and routines As you set a direction for your learning with the help of learning goals, you also want to consider establishing rhythms, rituals, and routines to support your learning process.  Rhythms Most things we do in life have a rhythm...

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Happy New Year!

Posted on January 01, 2008
So here we are ? already in 2008!  Does it seem like life speeds up with every passing year? I hope you enjoyed your holidays and are gearing up for a happy, healthy, and joyous new year.  The year end was sad for us as we lost our first dog, Lusha, to a complete kidney failure...

12 Days of ...

Posted on December 19, 2007
Cookies:"Celebrate the holidays with a different recipe every day"http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/12_days_of_cookies Fitness:"Question: What Do You Get When 250 of The World's Leading Experts Decide To Work Together To Help Hundreds Of Thousands Of People From All Around The World Achieve Their Health And Fitness Goals...

Creative thinking in conflict resolution

Posted on December 17, 2007
I like thinking frameworks.  Even though they sound restrictive, I?ve found that in fact, they often help to generate more innovative ideas than the free-form brainstorming.  In his article ?The Joke Model of Creative Thinking? at Mediate.com, John Cooley shows how the structure and formulas used to create a joke can be applied in conflict resolution:  It is the quality and the timing of the punchline that comprise the creative act and speeds the joke to a satisfying resolution...

Lawyer Depression

Posted on December 14, 2007
ABA Journal discusses lawyer depression in the article ?Lawyer Depression Comes Out of the Closet? by Debra Cassens Weiss:About 19 percent of lawyers experience depression at any given time, compared with 6.7 percent of the general population. About 20 percent of lawyers have drinking problems, twice the rate of the general population...

Orientation Series: 21 Steps to Becoming a Better Learner

Posted on December 11, 2007
Step 17:  Becoming a reflective learner Reflective learners are better at learning because they regularly look for opportunities to improve the learning process.  They are also likely to use their new knowledge more effectively and purposefully...

Fortune Cookie

Posted on December 10, 2007
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How attitudes towards intelligence affect the ability to learn

Posted on December 05, 2007
How we think about our intelligence influences our success as learners.  In her article ?The Secret to Raising Smart Kids? in the current issue of Scientific American Mind, Carol S. Dweck, Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University and the author of ?Mindset:  The New Psychology of Success,? describes two kinds of attitude towards intelligence that affect kids? performance in school:  the ?growth mind-set? and the ?fixed mind-set...

Understanding your personal energy patterns

Posted on December 03, 2007
If you are like many overworked and overwhelmed people I know, you probably experience the lack of energy more often that you?d like.  I want to offer you an exercise to help you understand your energy flow better.  Here?s what you do: Take a piece of paper and divide it into two columns...

Career advice from Steve Pavlina

Posted on November 30, 2007
Steve Pavlina is writing a series of articles on career development that you may want to check out.  Below are just a few excerpts, but please take time to read the articles in full, they will make you think. From How to Create a Fulfilling Career:When you succeed in creating a fulfilling career, it will be uniquely you...

Orientation Series: 21 Steps to Becoming a Better Learner

Posted on November 28, 2007
Step 16:  Memorizing Even in this day and age when a lot of information is at your fingertips, memorization is still an essential component of learning.  We just have to remember certain things, there is no way around it.  The memory acts like a glue allowing us to put various pieces of information together and transform them into usable knowledge...

Gearing up for work after holidays

Posted on November 26, 2007
As I am emerging from my turkey-induced coma, I think about the ways to ease the transition back into the world of work and productivity.  Here are a few things that seem to help me: Schedule some thinking and planning time before you start the work...

150 Resources to Help You Write Better from OEDb

Posted on November 19, 2007
Online Education Database has a list of  ?150 Resources to Help You Write Better, Faster, and More Persuasively.?  The list is organized according to the following categories:  Almanacs, Business and Legal Matters, Citation Styles, Dictionaries, English Language Skills, Genres, News Digests, New Media Resources, Organization, Professional Organizations, Rhetoric, Toolboxes, Writing Services, Writing Skills, Writing Software...

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