I have great confidence in human curiosity - even though I don't know what curiosity is from a biological point of view. One of its characteristics has got to be the willingness to explore.
John MedinaA factory worker at an assembly line, who can learn their job in 5 minutes, can get bored fairly easily, and disengage completely.
John MedinaDon't start with the details. Start with the key ideas, and in a hierarchical fashion, form the details around these larger notions.
John MedinaPublic speaking professionals say that you win or lose the battle to hold your audience in the first 30 seconds of a given presentation.
John MedinaIf you wanted to create an education environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you would probably design something like a classroom.
John MedinaThe problem in todayโs economy is that people are typically starting a family at the very time they are also supposed to be doing their best work. They are trying to be productive at some of the most stressful times of their lives. What if companies took this unhappy collision of life events seriously? They could offer Gottmanโs intervention as a benefit for every newly married, or newly pregnant, employee.
John Medina