University trained thought, and where it breaks down
The sense of urgency is a must. Priorities change for what’s most important to me depending on their immediate relevance. If my assignment is not due for a few days or the exam is not for another week then I am more then happy to push things aside. I find building relationships and spending time […]
Reflection 1- “Think” you dummy!
Hi my name is Abriel and here is my two cents about “thinking” Obviously, thinking is the intellectual activity of a subject’s consciousness. But what is it really? Do you have to be aware of what you’re thinking to be actually thinking? What if you were in a coma and there is brain activity… are […]
Reflection 1: Thinking about thinking about thinking…
Thinking can be a messy process for me. At any one point in time, there are a hundred and one things going on in my mind. These include thoughts, ideas, tasks, worries etc. Although I have no trouble staying focused, it can be hard to manage so many thoughts at once. It is therefore not […]
Reflection 1: Thinking about Thinking
How do I think?…. This is something that I like to say I have a good understanding of and that I am in tune with the methods that work for me. My brain works best when I am able to see or visualize what I am thinking about. I find that I have both an eye […]
Controlled Chaos: Thinking, as done by the Type A.
I colour-code my closet, organizing tops within colour categories by sleeve length. I can tell you exactly where in which drawer you can find any given clothing item. I have a photographic memory enabling me to visualize precisely where on a piece of paper the word, sentence, diagram, or concept I’m thinking of could be […]
Reflection 1 – Thinking about Thinking
Reflection 1 I would say that my thinking process moulds to the situation that I am in. For example, in school, we are often marked and evaluated on metrics such as thoroughness, clarity, accuracy, precision, use of evidence, and fairness – all elements of critical thinking. In these types of situations, be it in writing […]
Reflection 1 – Finance and Photography: Two Ways of Thinking; One Brain
Hi, my name is Tim; I’ve lived in five countries, I love pizza, and I love working with Excel. No that’s not a joke; if I were bent on social-suicide, I could probably write a poem about Excel. Columns of digits bending across the sheet… Endless lines defining the limits of infinity…formulas connecting inputs… inputs […]
Thinking About Thinking
On the bus home from work today I stared out the window as I crossed the Granville bridge and smiled to myself as I reflected on the beauty of our city. It’s moments like this that I feel like my thinking is clear and I am able to calm my mind, even if only for […]
Reflection 1: Thinking about Thinking
It is quite an odd question to ask oneself: how do I think? This is not something I usually think about. However, when I took the time and started reading about design thinking, I started to find it interesting and eye opening to think about how I think. For the most part my thinking depends […]
Reflection 1: Thinking About Thinking
My thinking process when it comes to working on a project tends to be quite messy. It often involves me over thinking, under doing, and just generally shooting myself in the foot for at least 50% of the time allotted for completion. This isn’t necessarily the case when I work on smaller problems though. I […]