Thought Architecture

Change yourself or you will be changed. Do you challenge yourself in micro and progressive ways? The idea of intentional kintsugi is the concept that you are able to build strength and skill by stretching and challenging yourself so that you become more resilient in future. This process also creates interesting features and a character to you. Beauty in the fractures, skill in the reparation, and...

How we make decisions can show how you think. The vast majority of people I meet, do not exercise their ability to think or act beyond the present. One of the greatest skills in my opinion is being able to ignore the intense need for instant gratification and build things that benefit your future self. But as always, everything in moderation. Don’t sacrifice yourself today completely for a future...

I have beat this drum a few times recently. There are areas of life to balance and harmonize together, 10 in fact. As discussed in this special episode, the 10 threads in the web are (in no particular order) i - sleep ii - nutrition iii - movement iv - breath v - stillness vi - social vii - emotional viii - cognitive ix - agency x - legacy We discuss the beginnings of each of them through the lens...

Deductive reasoning is the super power of Sherlock Holmes. It is also, just like bigfoot, largely a myth. You may have a case of having seen ‘a’ bigfoot, and not ‘the’ bigfoot, but I doubt it. Have you ever taken the time to build your deductive skills that you can solve a Rubik’s cube without learning from someone else? Maybe, but you will be the one in a million that did. The human organism seem...

The theory is that people are either  left - brained  or  right - brained , meaning that one side of their  brain  is dominant. If you're mostly analytical and methodical in your thinking, you're said to be  left - brained . If you tend to be more creative or artistic, you're thought to be  right - brained . That model of brain-sidedness is outdated and when we begin to associate and define oursel...

To once again mark the upcoming language bootcamp I’m running, I will dive into some thoughts of problems people have cited with learning languages and how the more accurate understanding can shape our outcomes. The methods that are used by other courses are mentioned too and, of the course, compared with the methods of the bootcamp: developing skills that are transferable! (Click HERE for the rec...

To once again mark the upcoming language bootcamp I’m running, I will dive into some thoughts of where to start and the architecture of thought of current institutions. Everything from emotional learning, the non-starter that is learning styles, multiple intelligences and, of the course, the main point: developing skills that are transferable. The Spanish Bootcamp will start June 6th and run for a...

To mark the upcoming language bootcamp I’m running, I will dive into a little of the biggest problem facing the world regarding learning a language. I don’t believe in talking about problems without being about to talk about solutions too, so you will also get a glimpse as to what I suggest here. The Spanish Bootcamp will start June 6th and run for all 4 Sundays in June. Click HERE for more inform...

I have a controversial opinion:I believe that an A.I. overlord could save humanity. Are you scared? Calling me insane? Hear me out, grab a coffee or whichever beverage you prefer and listen. Find me on instagram @justinnoppe if you want to share your thoughts "Machine learning allows us to build software solutions that exceed human understanding and shows us how AI can innervate every industry." -...

Which languages should one learn? What does the future look like regarding language globalization? Just a quick scratch of what is discussed in today’s episode. And here is a little more to whet your appetite! "Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere." Chinese Proverb Source: Wikipedia Source: US Census Bureau References * Power Language Index * Global Language System * United...

1 - Make sure you question your mental models 2 - Make sure you are thinking in systems, not just a binary or straight-forward manner 3 - Make sure you are clear and happy with your founding principles Introduction the Forest Model of structuring data and your relationship to it. Let me know what you think! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get a...

Do you regularly test your beliefs against reality? Checking to see if your ideas of what other think or feel actually line up with how they behave? Few do, and fewer still will approach reality as a type of living organism to try interpret its signals into behaviors that become predictable, or at the very least manageable. “When it comes to controlling human beings there is no better instrument t...

Be careful what and how much you consume. How much sugary media are you consuming? To help ‘eat’ a balanced diet of data, I propose in this episode how to consume and what to consume, part of this is my media vitamins: Vitamin C (Classics): Watch the classic movies, listen to classical music (explore songs of any genre or country), and read classic works of literature. Vitamin N (New): Keep up wit...

Post-Learning is all about responding to your performance. We do this with reflection, self critique and feedback from others. One tool we can employ is to ask 3 questions:1 - What can I turn up?2 - What can I turn down?3 - What can I introduce? “True intuitive expertise is learned from prolonged experience with good feedback on mistakes.” – Daniel Kahneman This is a public episode. If you would l...

Peri-Learning is all about breaking things down, examining their value and then reconstructing them. Doing so in accordance with the natural mechanisms in our brains allows us to greatly increase what we comprehend and effortless retain! “We are fond of saying “practice makes perfect,” and indeed the title of this book plays on the connection between practice and perfection. But it is more accurat...

Pre-Learning is something that fascinates me. Why don’t more people set the table for the informative meal of knowledge they are about to consume? Why do they fill up on salads? Don’t they know the main course is still to come? “No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.” — VOLTAIRE References * The debate of creativity and happiness This is a public episode. If you would like to...

Learning is about familiarity with any subject, skill or task. It effects everyone. Those who exercise its skills, become highly-adaptable, those who don’t, don’t. “The unsuccessful person is burdened by learning and prefers to walk down familiar paths. Their distaste for learning stunts their growth and limits their influence.” — JOHN C. MAXWELL References (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qual...

What is it that makes a mind refined? Consider the idea that the mind goes through a process of refinement that takes us from child to teenager to adult to mastered adult. The refinement allows us to stop all the noise and choose our responses. So what does it look like? “Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.”―  Leo Tolstoy Referen...

Weakness is considered largely to be something to work on and diminish. However, in this episode, I’ll propose how we will always have weaknesses, and that we as humans are wired to utilize weakness as a means of creating stronger connections and deepening community. “To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.”―  Criss Jami (America...

Forget mindset, limiting beliefs, not enough knowledge, etc. The biggest belief I have is transformation and change is that of acknowledging that you are born with various ‘muscles’.Social muscles, emotional muscles, confidence muscles, etc. Through our environment and experience we develop or ignore certain muscles, resulting in our trauma history and personal identity stories. Food for thought,...

In this episode, I ‘double-click’ on Lopsided Development. Making a distinction between being in a place of debt, trauma, survival; and being in a place of investment, stability is paramount in determining your way forward. “Most of us don't work out what we want. And most of us end up with lopsided lives as a result.” - Richard Koch This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with...

In this episode, I ‘double-click’ on the idea of Saliency. The whole idea is defining things by contrasting them rather than an absolute definition. By using context to define something, we arrive at a deeper, more practical definition. “Everybody is a genius.  But, if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life believing that it is stupid.”— Albert Einstein This...

In this episode, I ‘double-click’ on the Frankenstein model. The whole idea is a systems-thinking approach which negates the simplistic “cause-effect” approach many take to understanding the ideas in their lives. “ When I was about fifteen years old , […] we witnessed a most violent and terrible thunder-storm. […] I remained, while the storm lasted, watching its progress with curiosity and delight...

In this episode, I go over a few ideas which we will be ‘double-clicking’ on in the next few episodes too. Consider this a tasting board of ideas all stitched together which you can enjoy. Ideas included: * Trauma as a Frankenstein’s monster * Saliency VS the nature of the thing itself * Going behind the meaning of something to determine deeper truth * Lop-sided development of our brains (social,...

Are you fit in a social way? How about in an emotional way? Just because you are ok today, does that mean that you are a robust version of yourself? One of my biggest values is about helping. In different ways, and we can use different words, but essentially giving a hand up to our fellow human is important. People have done it for us and it’s important to pay it forward. For our fulfillment and f...