Digging though the illustration archive
I was just looking through some old diagrams that I've developed over the years. This one we did for the three journeys of strategy paper is still a favourite.
I was just looking through some old diagrams that I've developed over the years. This one we did for the three journeys of strategy paper is still a favourite.
When I arrived in Auckland I set my iPhone's time zone to Auckland and it immediately added the two hours. Go to Settings -> General -> Date & Time
But when I looked at my iPhone calendar the events that were set to the New Zealand time were still showing in their Melbourne time slots. What had I forgotten to do?
Then I remembered I needed to set my calendar to the new time zone which can be found in Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars and scroll down to Calendars and select Time Zone Support.
There are many variations of this one. The idea here is that you can create your own story. What an idea?
Or you can drink yourself into a story, like Andy.
The flight from Melbourne to San Francisco really knocks me about. I've always suffered terribly from jet lag.
Probably about 10 years ago I organised for Paul Strassman to come speak at a conference I was organising in Canberra. Paul was probably in his 60s when he made the visit and I was amazed at how he seemed unaffected by jet lag. As I took him from meeting to meeting he never missed a beat. There was a couple of querks I noticed. For example at lunchtime Paul would say, "wherever we go I will need to have only protein, like a big steak." Then at dinner he would say, "We need to go somewhere we I can just have carbohydrates and nothing else, like a big bowl of pasta." I eventually learned that Paul was applying an anto jet lag diet devised by the US military and used by their diplomats. He had this dog-eared book that described the diet called Overcoming Jet Lag by Dr Charles F. Ehret and Lynne Waller Scanlon. I bought a copy on Amazon and have never looked back.
The book has modifications of a three step diet that changes depending on the number of time zones you cross and whether you are heading east or west. I recommend you get a copy of the book so you have all the background information on why this works and all the different diet variations. But to give you an idea of what the diet looks like, here is what they recommend for the flight from Melbourne to San Francisco.
FEAST = Generous servings
FAST = Limited servings (800 calories or so)
STEP ONE (preflight)
STEP TWO (morning of the flight)
STEP THREE (breakfast, destination time)
One of the reasons stories are memorable is that they can create an emotion within us which then kicks of a wave of body chemicals coursing through our veins. These chemicals ensure we remember the situations that created them. We remember what we feel.
I was reminded of this phenomena re-watching this remarkable documentary called A Class Divided. The participants in the experiment are unlikely to ever forget their experience with their teacher, Mrs Jane Eliot.
You can see the whole documentary on the PBS website in higher definition here
I'm intrigued at what people will stick on the back of their car, and go to some trouble doing it. I wonder what is says about the driver?
A nice storytelling cliff hanger to get us to click. From NeuroCooking
Save Rock Creek Hills Park!
Posted: 08 May 2011 02:26 PM PDT
We have been writing here less often, NeuroCooking friends, because another topic has been occupying us lately, a great deal really, since the night of April 28th, when, out of the blue, something shocking and terrible happened.
In fact, ...
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On second thought, we would prefer not to go into the matter here. However, we would like to take the opportunity to direct your attention to it.
And so, please, might we direct your attention to:
http://SaveRockCreekHillsPark.org
And to the facebook page "Save Rock Creek Hills Park".
Thank you for your understanding, and your interest.
Thanks to Kevin Bishop for the link.