Articles in category 'Learning'

By Donald Latumahina, October 18, 2007

There is no such thing as instant improvement in life. Instead, you can only grow yourself. And as you know in agriculture, growth can only happen little by little over time. Bare eyes won’t be able to see the growth of a tree daily, but over the years it will grow to a big tree.
Similarly, [...]

By Donald Latumahina, October 12, 2007

Reading classic books can boost your learning experience. There are some reasons why classic books can do that: they have stood the test of time, they give you different “lenses” to look through, and they will most likely be relevant even to the far future. Reading the classics is an excellent intellectual exercise which will [...]

By Donald Latumahina, September 20, 2007

Our vision has a blind spot, and if an object is in that area, you won’t be able to see it although it’s actually there. You might later be surprised to learn that the space which you thought is empty actually contains an object.
Similarly, there could be “blind spots” in our personal thoughts and [...]

By Donald Latumahina, August 27, 2007

I sometimes meet people who say that the topics I talk about is “boring”. In such occasions, sometimes I can’t believe what they say that I ask them to repeat it just to ensure that I hear it correctly .
Why is it hard for me to believe it? Is it because I really love the [...]

By Donald Latumahina, August 23, 2007

Fortune favors the prepared mind.
(Louis Pasteur)
Our success very much depends on whether or not we can seize opportunities in our life. This, of course, won’t happen by itself. You must do your part to make it happen. There are essentially three things you should do:

Preparing your mind
Following Pasteur’s advice, it is important to first prepare [...]

By Donald Latumahina, August 14, 2007

We are now living in the Knowledge Worker Age. It’s an age where the saying “knowledge is power” is truer than ever. Those who have knowledge rule, and those who want to rule (or even just survive) have no other choice but to have knowledge. So it’s necessary for all of us to work on becoming [...]