Dan says

that we have: “Lots of Adam and Eve’s problems” - maravilhoso!

and also: “As we invent new technology, we also invent new ways to kill us” - m e d o.

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ainda não consigo perceber isto muito bem

Muito importante: as pessoas emocionalmente fortes aprenderam a perceber o poder que o cérebro tem sobre a mente e o corpo. Percebem que as emoções são reacções, não reacções a causas físicas directas, mas à forma como percepcionam essas causas. Por outras palavras, as nossas emoções não reflectem realidades, as nossas emoções reflectem a forma como interpretamos a realidade. Perceber isto dá-nos controlo quase absoluto das nossas emoções e portanto das nossas vidas.

mas fica aqui que hei-de cá voltar a ler com mais atenção...

o resto do artigo em português está aqui; o original em inglês está aqui.

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not sure if I enjoyed this lesson as much as the others

so, last year I took an online course and, at the time, I did a lot of thinking and posting about it. this particular post got stuck behind. because it is difficult to explain.

try to consider it little like a heads-up, which, is always something to make us think.

on week 4 of the Coursera online course about Irrationality, Dan told us something about Labor and Motivation (name of the themes being discussed) and the thing is Motivation (everyone knows, but everyone keeps forgetting) is key in EVERYTHING. and if by any chance your motivation is damaged (work, life, sports, family, cooking, love, etc.), you will feel ashamed. and who wants to feel ashamed?

anyone?

I didn't think so either.

also, Dan told that we are overly committed to our ideias.

which is good when you have a new project and you want it to succeed.

only by being overly committed to their ideas, can one endure and surpass every obstacle that gets in the way. the thing is, what if your motivation gets destroyed somehow?

see the circle?

so, back to the beginning.

not sure if I enjoyed this lesson as much as the others.

but, Motivation, I do respect you.

and Dan,

Overly committed to my ideas? OF COURSE I AM.

That’s why I secretly think my blog is the best, even though, consciously I know it is just a blog barely surfacing the area that is its platform (Internet).

feel free to watch the intro video about the course.
it will start again on the 11th of March.

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Ariely's way to make me stop cheating

so I am taking this Coursera online course of Dan Ariely - A Beginner's Guide to Irrational Behavior

I am bit behind schedule because only yesterday did I started watching the videos of the lectures from Week 3 and the course is already in its 5th week. I started watching the 1st video and quickly became distracted by Facebook... 

on the topic, Dishonesty, Ariely explains that there is a thing called "fudge factor" and in the middle of the lecture and its explanation he prompted the question, what do you think it means "fudge factor"?.

so, because of this little interruption, I had to stop browsing through Facebook and really think about this concept because I didn't wanted to continue with the listening of the lecture (yes, I wasn't seeing it!) without resolving the question!

and you know what? it worked.

at least I think it did.

I refocused my attettion and saw the rest of the lecture, deeply concentrated on the subjects...

anyhow, for me, the fugde factor is: our "comfort area" for cheating.

pretty self-explanatory, right?

more from this subject here and here

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and I rest my case!

"O amor há muito que foi morto pela racionalidade. Quando falo de amor não falo de paixão, porque essa até mantém alguma da sua irracionalidade – o seu principal elemento diferenciador em relação ao amor. Falo antes do amor verdadeiro, aquele que se sente como que de um soco no estômago se tratasse, aquele nos faz olhar para um sorriso e pronto. Começamos a amar e amamos até ao fim dos nossos dias.

Que acabem os paninhos quentes no amor, que acabem os meios-termos, que acabem as hesitações em dar o primeiro beijo, que acabem os cafezinhos, que acabem os ciúmes, que acabem as discussões, que acabem as futilidades, que acabem os complexos, que acabem os elementos externos, que acabem as confusões – o amor é o tudo ou nada. No amor não há espaço para a racionalidade, os sentimentos são para serem impulsivos, irracionais, instantâneos – o amor não é uma conveniência, não é um estado de alma, não é um achar que. O amor é um tem que ser já. Então que se bana já a racionalidade do amor." 

by João Gomes

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