Self Management
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Self-Management: Definition, Skills & Strategies
Read on to learn self-management skills and strategies to better control yourself.
12 Rules for Self-Management
Management is not just for managers, just as leadership is not only for leaders.
Self-management education: History, definition, outcomes, and mechanisms
In conclusion the article discusses problems and solutions for integrating self-management education into the mainstream health care systems.
Strategic Career Self-Management by State University of New York
In this course, you will learn how to think strategically and professionally about your career self-management. Through this course you'll develop an objective, external view of your marketable skills as a solid foundation for building a strong career brand.
The secret to self control | Jonathan Bricker
Jonathan Bricker's work has uncovered a scientifically sound approach to behavior change that is twice as effective as most currently practiced methods. His new methods are driving new norms and new apps for how people quit smoking and decrease obesity, saving many people from an early death.
What is the ‘self’? The 3 layers of your identity.
In this video, author Gish Jen, Harvard professor Michael Puett, psychotherapist Mark Epstein, and neuroscientist Sam Harris discuss three layers of the self, looking through the lens of culture, philosophy, and neuroscience.
Time Management
Effective Time Management: Surgery, Research, Service, Travel, Fitness, and Family
Over 1,500 years ago, the St. Benedictine Monks used planning and strict schedules to increase their productivity. Since then, surgeons have developed several different strategies to manage our time effectively. Finding a balance among career, family, and hobbies is essential for maintaining satisfaction and optimizing productivity.
How do I improve my time management skills?
With a busy schedule, it’s important to make the most of your time during the working day. Abi Rimmer talks to four experts about how to do this successfully
Time Management Is About More Than Life Hacks
There is certainly no shortage of advice — books and blogs, hacks and apps — all created to boost time management with a bevy of ready-to-apply tools. Yet, the frustrating reality for individuals trying to improve their time management is that tools alone won’t work. You have to develop your time management skills in three key areas: awareness, arrangement, and adaptation. The author offers evidence-based tactics to improve in all three areas.
Manipulate Time With These Powerful 20 Time Management Tips
Want to know how you can become a master of time management as well? Start by using these 20 super-powerful time management tips.
12 Essential Time Management Skills
Everyone has the same amount of hours in the day. So what separates the Warren Buffetts and Sheryl Sandbergs from the rest of us? The answer is time management skills.
Video - Work Smarter, Not Harder: Time Management for Personal & Professional Productivity by Univ of California - Irvine
You will be able to gain and apply your knowledge and understanding of personal and professional awareness, organization and commitment, and use the tools, methods and techniques that you have learned in goal setting, prioritization, scheduling, and delegation to overcome time management challenges and enhance productivity.
Video - Short Time Management Introduction
Learn time management from basics in this free online training, about SMART goals and Parkinsons law.
Video - Time Management Fundamentals: The power of managing your time
In this course, productivity expert Dave Crenshaw shows you how to get more done in the shortest time possible and give you more of that precious free time.
Video - A Mini Course on Time Management
7 steps you can use immediately to become more productive and master time management
Video - Time-Management Tips from a Neuroscientist
According to neuroscientist Daniel Levitin, the key to effective time management is to maintain a level of organization that allows you to dedicate less and less neural resources to running your life.
Video - Randy Pausch Lecture: Time Management
Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch gave a lecture on Time Management at the University of Virginia in November 2007.
Video - How to manage your time more effectively (according to machines) | Brian Christian
Human beings and computers alike share the challenge of how to get as much done as possible in a limited time. Over the last fifty or so years, computer scientists have learned a lot of good strategies for managing time effectively — and they have a lot of experience with what can go wrong.
Video - How to gain control of your free time | Laura Vanderkam
Time management expert Laura Vanderkam studies how busy people spend their lives, and she's discovered that many of us drastically overestimate our commitments each week, while underestimating the time we have to ourselves. She offers a few practical strategies to help find more time for what matters to us, so we can "build the lives we want in the time we've got."
Critical Thinking
Active Learning Strategies to Promote Critical Thinking
The definition of critical thinking, the disposition to think critically, and different teaching strategies are featured.
Thought and Knowledge
This best-selling textbook, written by award-winning educator and past president of the American Psychological Association, Diane F. Halpern, applies theory and research from the learning sciences to teach students the thinking skills they need to succeed in today's world.
13 Easy Steps To Improve Your Critical Thinking Skills
With the sheer volume of information that we’re bombarded with on a daily basis – and with the pervasiveness of fake news and social media bubbles – the ability to look at evidence, evaluate the trustworthiness of a source, and think critically is becoming more important than ever.
How to think critically – a guide to creative and critical thinking
Find out why critical thinking is such a valued and in-demand skill and how you can improve your own critical thinking abilities.
12 Essential Time Management Skills
Everyone has the same amount of hours in the day. So what separates the Warren Buffetts and Sheryl Sandbergs from the rest of us? The answer is time management skills.
Video - 5 tips to improve your critical thinking - Samantha Agoos
Every day, a sea of decisions stretches before us, and it’s impossible to make a perfect choice every time. But there are many ways to improve our chances — and one particularly effective technique is critical thinking. Samantha Agoos describes a 5-step process that may help you with any number of problems.
Skepticism: Why critical thinking makes you smarter | Bill Nye, Derren Brown & more | Big Think
It's not always easy to tell the difference between objective truth and what we believe to be true. Separating facts from opinions, according to skeptic Michael Shermer, theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss, and others, requires research, self-reflection, and time.
Video - CRITICAL THINKING - Fundamentals: Introduction to Critical Thinking
Geoff Pynn (Northern Illinois University) gets you started on the critical thinking journey. He tells you what critical thinking is, what an argument is, and what the difference between a deductive and an ampliative argument is.
Video - Critical Thinking Skills for the Professional by Univ of California Davis
These 7 critical steps will ensure that you have looked at a problem from every angle and considered multiple solutions.
Video - Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking Specialization by Duke University
By taking Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking you will improve your ability to identify, analyze, and evaluate arguments by other people (including politicians, used car salesmen, and teachers) and also to construct arguments of your own in order to convince others and to help you decide what to believe or do.
Video - Mindware: Critical Thinking for the Information Age
Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch gave a lecture on Time Management at the University of Virginia in November 2007.
Problem Solving
Problem solving and behavior modification.
5 stages of problem solving were identified: (a) general orientation or "set," (b) problem definition and formulation, (c) generation of alternatives, (d) decision making, and (e) verification.
How to Solve Problems
To bring the best ideas forward, teams must build psychological safety.
Improve Your Problem-Solving Skills – Steps, Processes & Technique
With these 10 problem-solving strategies, you will strengthen your ability to always find a solution while enabling yourself to see real progress. Once you begin to execute these problem-solving techniques, you will feel confident to face a problem right away.
The surprising secret that solves your problems quickly | Collins Key
In this engaging performance Collins Key breaks down learning the surprising secret that solves your problems quickly by using the art form of magic and explains that the answer to every problem is hiding in plain sight.
Think Small to Solve Big Problems, with Stephen Dubner | Big Think
Stephen Dubner talks about the importance of thinking small in order to tackle some of the world's biggest problems piece by piece.
Creative Thinking: Techniques and Tools for Success by Imperial College London
This course will equip you with a ‘tool-box’, introducing you to a selection of behaviours and techniques that will augment your innate creativity.
Effective Problem-Solving and Decision-Making by Univ of California Irvine
This course will teach an overarching process of how to identify problems to generate potential solutions and how to apply decision-making styles in order to implement and assess those solutions.
Problem Solving
For anyone looking to become a more confident and capable problem solver, this free problem solving skills training course could be the perfect place to start.