Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:45:32 GMT <![CDATA[maciasconsultingphd.com]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:45:32 GMT EXCERPT FROM THE 1/09 ENJOY! IT’S YOUR LIFE! NEWSLETTER
 
This New Year Celebration I witnessed my darling seven
year-old nephew get very angry when people told him,
“Happy New Year!” It turns out that for him the mention
of the New Year made him sad and fearful. He worries that
he and others will forget 2008. While 2008 must hold a
mix of both positive and negative experiences, he doesn’t
want to abandon or forget them. 
 
JeanPiaget(1896–1980), a well-known developmental
theorist, wrote about child and adult development. His
second stage of development, the Concrete
Operational stage, covers children 
7-11 years of age. Children in this age range are
unable to think abstractly. For them, the year
2008 is real, while the future is unknown and
difficult to conceptualize.
 
How do you feel about 2008 and 2009?
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This entry is an excerpt from 

July 08, ENJOY! IT’S YOUR LIFE! NEWSLETTER 
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No More Excuses
 
Let’s agree to not create any more excuses.
Excuses are so easy to make. We must challenge
ourselves to take action and obtain the things
we want. And, why not? What will we lose by
working on our goals?
 
Honestly, I hear myself and others talk about
all the things we want to do and how it will
feel (great) when they are finished. And yet,
they remain unaccomplished. Oprah is now on
her wellness cleanse diet-- 21 days to a new her.

Habits take only 21 days to form.

Ok let’s start today. What do you want?

Pick something, anything. Start it.

Let’s do it. 

As for me, I had wanted to start a Blog

for quite awhile. But I have it now. 

Let me know what you choose to do, and let 

me encourage you during your 21 days.

 

Ask me questions and I’ll answer them.
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]]> <![CDATA[No More Excuses]]> Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:51:52 GMT This blog page belongs to Julieta Macias, of Macias Consulting. It is intended for the use of AABDGRL members , Julieta’s guest, who want to extend a book discussion beyond the groups’ meeting. This blog is not affiliated in anyway with Montgomery County Public Libraries.

Hello Everyone,

I am a member of the Rockville Library African American Book Club. This month we read the following book and I want to start/continue the conversation about this interesting topic.

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking By Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, 277 pages)

Blinking is automatic. I remember playing a competitive game with my siblings to see which one of us could keep our eyes open the longest without blinking. I’ve been told I tend to blink a lot. Does my blinking or your blinking have anything to do with our decisions or actions? Well not really.

Blink is the title Gladwell used for his book. It is his attempt to bring awareness to the process of thinking which can happen in the “blink of an eye”. Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink discusses “thin slicing”. It is about trying to understand and study a segment of time. It is the time where experiences and beliefs (conscious and unconscious) operate when you or I make decisions. Most of us believe this. This book supports this assumption with scientific research. Blink takes us through an array of psychology, marketing and criminology research that is detailed and understandable.

Experiences/prejudgments/biases can influence our thinking. These influences can be positive (we make healthy, life preserving choices) or we make negative (hire a less competent employee or kill another human being). I appreciate Gladwell’s work and his honesty about his score on a test of bias. Gladwell conveyed his sensitivity and openness to the humanness that we all share.

This book is a good vehicle for the needed conversation to improve our choices/lives and continue engaging in life affirming decisions. I invite you to tell me your impressions, what did you like the most, the least about this book? What will you do differently if anything because of reading this book? Are you more interested or less interested in the way you come up with decisions? Is any of this new to you? If you were asked to write a follow up to this book, what would you write about?

Feel free to answer any of these questions, ask your own or simply make your own statements. If you haven’t read Blink, I suggest you do and come back here and comment.

]]> <![CDATA[Blink by Malcolm Gladwell]]> Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:18:18 GMT Hi,

I am pleased to begin this forum for the exchange of ideas. I welcome your questions/comments about personal and professional development. I'll respond.

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