Week 3
The weekly online educational module over Intuition
and Flow stood out to me because I am one of the 10% of people who has remained
intuitive after finishing the twelfth grade. I really liked learning about how
intuition can be used along with facts to make groundbreaking discoveries, and
correlating the sub-consciousness of intuition with the conscious alertness of
flow. I feel that, even though I am not a tremendous athlete, performer, or
creator, I have had experiences with the “white moment” or “flow” in which my
entire focus is on the task at hand, almost as if I am in a trance.
Week 6
During this week’s educational module, I found the
section about Entrepreneurship especially interesting and relevant to my life
and future career path. I liked learning about the differences between
entrepreneurship and starting a small business, particularly the measure of
wealth creation. As a Finance major, I view things from a point of view of, “how
will an investment affect the bottom line?” Because entrepreneurship seeks to
create substantial and growing wealth, whereas operating a small business seeks
to generate an income that replaces traditional employment, entrepreneurship is
more development focused. An entrepreneur takes more risks, is more innovative
and open-minded, and goes beyond his individual need to achieve a goal that
benefits the world and makes a difference. This lecture really affected me and
will stay with me professionally because of the emphasis creativity,
innovation, and design have on entrepreneurs, especially if I decide at some
point in the future that I want to start my own company.
Week 8
During the module on Creativity and Innovation
Practices and Resources, I most enjoyed learning about the laws of Simplicity,
and in particular, considering how technology has in one sense made our lives
much simpler but, at the same time, much less sane. Technology gives us more
organized information, faster. We have more information which allows us to have
more reactions, and therefore feel more emotions at once. We trust our technology
because it makes things simpler for us, and we are able to subtract the obvious
and focus more on the meaningful. However good all of these things seem, the
way that technology has overcome our lives to the point that we are dependent
on it is overwhelming and uncomfortable, but many, including myself, feel
trapped in the new tech-savvy world. I feel that this affects my personal life
because nowadays, as people are permanently glued to their phones, it is common
to expect an immediate response from someone and to feel anxious if the
response is not immediately received. This puts a lot of strain on
relationships, especially if they are in stages of formation, conflict, or
transition.
Week 13
During the module on Accelerating Technologies, when
Dr. V asked us to keep in mind two questions: What could be invented today that
could change your life forever? And, What could be invented today that could
put you out of business tomorrow? I really began thinking and wondering what
these things would be. Something that I think could change my life forever and
the lives of others forever would be a machine that, once used, cures any
mental illness of the user. I think that this would eliminate any depression,
bipolar disorder, etc. and then all of humanity could be happy for their entire
lives. Considering something that may put me out of business, if I do go into
consulting in the future, would be a computer program that is able to solve any
business problem presented, given all relevant information. If a program like
this were created, the human consulting industry would be finished.
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