Persuasion and N00bs
Joe M posted in Howto, homelife, well-being on September 30th, 2008
I love reading Lifehacker.com, and the entries by Gina Tripani and the other writers.
Lifehacker has a well-rounded blog of everything from technology to everyday shortcuts.
A couple days ago, Gina wrote an entry, Persuade People With Subconscious Techniques.
While I dare not engage too much in the seemingly mystical or potential metaphysical aspect of this post, I think it drives home the importance of a person’s disposition.
If you are confident in your tasks and projects, and you execute them with discipline and resolve, you will ultimately gain the confidence of other people in your environment. It is possible to do this, without perpetuating doubt in your abilities.
It’s a good read, and food for thought.
The other post that I came across is on Lifehack.org.
Every day, throughout the day, I am approached by someone that wants some sort of recommendation.
Usually, it’s for software, or a question of how to repair or set up something technical in their home environment.
Sometimes, it is a question of something that I have not yet experienced.
What do I do?
Reading Lifehack.org, I came across a post that details many of the steps that take in performing research in ‘unknown waters.’
You may find some techniques in Climbing the Learning Curve, What To Do When You Are a Noob with which you are familiar. (A noob or n00b is short / slang for newbie, meaning, “someone inexperienced,” or, “someone learning a new topic.”)
The steps are articulated pretty well. It’s all about being given a topic or a task to perform, and not knowing where to start.
Posts such as these give me concise steps, some of which I know, but have not taken time to put down on paper.
They tend to reduce some of the abstractions in dealing with everyday interactions and challenges.