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  • Archive for August, 2010

    Continual Questioning

    August 30, 2010
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    In a lot of personal development literature, they say that asking good questions helps us get good answers. Here are some you can ask yourself continually: Belief What if I were Japanese? What if I had been born and raised in Japan? What if I were Jared in The Pretender and I had to fool people into believing I was Japanese,...

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    AJATT Twitter Tweets for Week Of 2010-08-28

    August 28, 2010
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    @sevarg KanjiClinic and Chris Houser were big, I think. Dr (Mary Sisk) Noguchi's literacy…those were big… in reply to sevarg # @sevarg Also, I Dr. Noguchi actually forwarded an email to Heisig (呼び捨て) for me. I asked him "are you sure this'll work for Chinese, mate?" in reply to sevarg # @sevarg Anyway. I actually tried and failed to...

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    Identity and Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

    August 27, 2010
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    “I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.” ~ Muhammad Ali Pretend you are Japanese. Tell yourself you are Japanese. Who you think you are matters more than who you actually are. Who you actually are only describes your immediate present position (P) — the sum of all your previous direction vectors. But who...

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    Book Review: Talent Is Overrated | A Great Book About Becoming Great

    August 24, 2010
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    Book Review: Talent Is Overrated | A Great Book About Becoming Great

    Cult? AJATT. AJATT? Writing. Writing? Books. Books? Book review! Today’s book review is about, pertains to and is brought to you buy Geoff Colvin’s ultra magnum opus, and underrated book about how Talent is Overrated. I don’t know if this book is actually underrated in the literal sense of the word, what I mean is that it’s not nearly...

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    Get AJATT Posts Delivered to You by Email!…If Ya Want

    August 24, 2010
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    Hey team. Due to popular demand, I, in my…my magnanimity, my boundless graciousness, using my unequaled copy-and-paste skills, have added an option for you, my public, to receive AJATT posts by email. Now you can, like…not bother with RSS and all that jazz. You’re welcome . PS: I haven’t tested it yet, so let me know whether or not...

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    SRS Is the Intellectual Equivalent of a Video Game “Save Point”

    August 21, 2010
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    Over the years, some amazing comments have been left here at AJATT. But they get lost in the fog of posts quite easily. All-Star Comments is a segment where I share the best of the best. Today’s comment is from a heartbreaker who goes by the monicker “SRS Addict”. The original post was about using the SRS to remember...

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