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Mantras

 * 1) Anything that is due will be finalized a time (day(s), week(s)) prior to the deadline.
 * 2) Treat every group meeting as an exercise in professionalism.
 * 3) "A little work, everyday, keeps one active with stress at bay."
 * 4) Progressive science required ignorance of anomalous details.
 * 5) There are two questions to start every creative endeavor: a.) what do I know? b.) How can I put this knowledge together?
 * 6) When you don't know where turn, spend time to read and learn.
 * 7) The purpose of research is to discover answers to questions no one knows.
 * 8) Create atmosphere of self-worth and valued contribution
 * 9) Significant **service** must meet a significant **need**. [Modified Hench quote][[image:Feynman-diagram-ee-scattering-11617.png align="right"]]
 * 10) Figure out possibilities, eliminate impossibilities, work with facts to determine the unknown.
 * 11) Work and time spent must add up to something meaningful.
 * 12) Don't be so caught up in the mundane that you miss the marvel.
 * 13) When you allow what you want to be annihilated by what you don't want, light is made.
 * 14) Every tedious task deserves a proper system with which to expedite the process.
 * 15) Limit the two inhibitors of progress: fear and miscommunication.
 * 16) Arguments are the intersections of people's weaknesses. Learn from each other, pursuing truth, to resolve conflict.
 * 17) When communicating - work is important, but no one cares to know how hard you work. They only care about the story. They don't care about details. Just get to the point.
 * 18) Love is our greatest antidepressant.
 * 19) When teaching, explain why a question is being asked, particularly in problem sets.
 * 20) I will be good to you.
 * 21) A gift is best received when it is given, not taken.
 * 22) RESPECT: time, people, resources, opportunities, gifts.
 * 23) Better to repent to Him than to man, for He is full of mercy and forgiveness.
 * 24) Worry and frustration are useless emotions. When has a man been uplifted by either? In those times, step back, humble yourself and allow him to correct you by the Spirit.
 * 25) Refine you humility by replacing your "got to" with "get to."
 * 26) Make something that makes things easier or fights off boredom.
 * 27) With proper tools and supports, you can free creative minds to dream and empower them to innovate.
 * 28) How you handle a circumstance will determine your character.
 * 29) Endure through kronos.Prepare for kairos.

Quotes
> - Johann Goethe, paraphrased by [|Victor Frankl]
 * 1) "Everybody can be lucky, but those who are able, capable and work hard can make use of their luck" - P. Grunberg. Nobel Laureate
 * 2) "...all the equations were unfamiliar, and it was hard work, just as physics is now. Every so often it is a great pleasure to look back to see what territory has been covered,and what the great map or plan of the whole thing is." - R. Feynman, Feynman Lectures on Physics
 * 3) "This freedom to doubt is an important matter in the sciences and, I believe, in other fields. It was born of a struggle. It was a struggle to be permitted to doubt, to be unsure. And I do not want us to forget the importance of the struggle and, by default, to let the thing fall way. I feel a responsibility as a scientist who knows the great value of a satisfactory philosophy of ignorance, and the progress made possible by such a philosophy, progress which is the fruit of freedom of thought. I feel a responsibility to proclaim the value of this freedom and to teach the doubt is not to be feared, but that it is to be welcomed as the possibility of a new potential for human beings. If you know that you are not sure, you have a chance to improve the situation. I want to demand this freedom for future generation." Feynman, R. "The Meaning of It All."
 * 4) "...doubt is not a fearful thing, but a thing of great value." - R. Feynman, BBC Interview
 * 5) "Chance favors the prepared mind." - L. Pasteur
 * 6) "People always say, 'Go to school. You want to have something to fall back on.' If I'm going to fall, I want to fall forward." - Denzel Washington
 * 7) "If you want something you never had, you have to do something you never did." - Pauletta Peterson (Denzel's wife)
 * 8) "If you aren't failing 90% of the time, you are trying hard enough." - Dean Abernathy
 * 9) "Don't find yourself on your deathbed confronting the ghosts of your lost potentials and dreams." - Denzel Washington
 * 10) "why's --> wise" - Cheyenne Conrad (STEPUP XVII)
 * 11) "Only speak or write about things you have empirical evidence." - Mary Beth Gasman, Penn State
 * 12) "Crowns are inherited; kingdoms are earned." - Star Wars Clone Wars Ep. 4.3
 * 13) "Perhaps I can best describe my experience of doing mathematics in terms of a journey through a dark unexplored mansion. You enter the first room of the mansion and it's completely dark. You stumble around bumping into the furniture, but gradually you learn where each piece of furniture is. Finally, after six months or so, you find the light switch, you turn it on, and suddenly it's all illuminated. You can see exactly where you were. Then you move into the next room and spend another six months in the dark. So each of these breakthroughs, while sometimes they're momentary, sometimes over a period of a day or two, they are the culmination of—and couldn't exist without—the many months of stumbling around in the dark that proceed them." - Andrew Wiles, Fermat's Last Theorem
 * 14) "If we take a man as he is, we make him worse, but if we take man as he should be we make him capable of becoming what he can be."
 * 1) "You're either doing it or you're not." - CarlieStylez
 * 2) "The maintenance of order rests solely upon your willingness to follow instructions" - The Vortex, graffiti art
 * 3) "The fruits of marriage are from the harvest of a great friendship; to work on marriage, first master friendship."
 * 4) "So many people self-diagnose themselves with ADD, OCD and Depression. They wear these labels like badges of honor. Get rid of those sad titles. I diagnose you with Awesomeness."
 * 5) "Our love-muscle, beats and grows with time. While the pain hurts from each loved one lost, this trouble is never endured in vain. These encounters help us stretch our capacity to love more deeply and more perfect once again."
 * 6) "People love to learn. They're entertained enormously by being allowed to understand something they never understood before." - George Roy Hill
 * 7) "Problems cause paralysis; challenges cause catalysis." - Johnathan F.K. Earle
 * 8) "Make sure the data is right. Then nature will tell you some things." - John J. Mecholsky
 * 9) "A successful coach knows where to put players to makes them successful." - Michael Keller, grad student
 * 10) "A cheerful friend is good medicine for the weary heart."
 * 11) "Sometimes wonderful things leave you and make room for greater things to come."
 * 12) "Talk about what you know." - Dean Alexander
 * 13) "God is willing to put His 'extra' on your 'ordinary.'" - Jamaican preacher
 * 14) "We do not see through each other, rather we see each other through." - Tamara Hardy, Navajo Pine High Salutatorian
 * 15) "Who I really am is still ahead of me. The man you witness is a work in progress, a transformation into someone greater."
 * 16) "Safety is most assured when proven, not promised."
 * 17) "Pursue excellence; ignore success." - Deepak Chopora
 * 18) "If you're not failing all the time, you're not creating a situation where you can get super lucky." - Ira Glass, This American Life
 * 19) "Hard work is repeatedly sifting through junk to uncover something really special."
 * 20) In helping others, let us create the space to hold the pain, not absorb it. - pnuemoceptor interview
 * 21) "There's a fine line between 'can't' and 'won't.' Are you brave enough to determine the difference?"
 * 22) "Grace allows you to face betrayal, to receive the Judas kisses, to love in spite of the pain."
 * 23) "Everyone's a teacher. You just have to find out their subject" - pnuemoceptor
 * 24) "I'm hurting, but I'm here." - response to "how are you?"
 * 25) "We are humbled in the tension between knowing for certain things that have past while only believing in things to come."
 * 26) "Hold on to your dreams. The future is built on dreams." - Optimus Prime
 * 27) "The universe is not the universe. The universe is the meaning behind the universe." - jendragon42
 * 28) "You're not what you have done, what you will do, or what you intend to be doing. You are what you are doing." - [|meekakitty]
 * 29) "...to be truly happy, a man must live absolutely in the present. And with no thought of what's gone before, and no thought of what lies ahead. But, a life of meaning... A man is condemned to wallow in the past and obsess about the future." - Mr. Linderman, Heroes
 * 30) "A partner helps by believing in you. He keeps you honest." - Hiro Nakamura, Heroes
 * 31) On making videos "...I only do one take because the editing is where I can turn it into something." - Grace Helbig, YouTube
 * 32) The thief is left behind. The moon at my window. Even if everything else is lost, we still have our love. No thief, no illness, can ever take it away. Our love is the moon. - Ryokan
 * 33) One of the most limiting factors to man's potential is his allowance of becoming disillusioned.
 * 34) "Criticism can be a gift - sometimes wrapped in a really nasty package." - Kathy Ireland, Google Talks
 * 35) "Feeling good is a luxury worth //earning//."
 * 36) "The world may see you and say, "you get what you see," but He sees you and says, "there's more than meets the eye." Main looks at the outer appearance, but God perceives the heart.
 * 37) "...the kind of work God usually calls you to is the kind of work (a) that you most need to do, and (b) that the world most needs to have done... Then then place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet." - Frederick Buechner
 * 38) Yes, tears are a part of the human experience.
 * 39) "The depth of your past is an indication of the height of your future." - T.D. Jakes
 * 40) "The ultimate dream requires the ultimate goal" - Lolo Jones
 * 41) "Go where you're celebrated, not where you're tolerated." - Joel Osteen
 * 42) "We are overloaded with data and not information. We are not overloaded with anything we understand. I dare say the things that interest you...if it's presented in a form that you can understand, you never get overloaded by it." - Richard Saul Wurman, founder of TED Conference
 * 43) "You cannot argue against a life well lived." - Ravi Zacharias, Marching to a Different Drummer, Part 4 of 4
 * 44) "Your gifts will take you to a place, but your character will keep you there." - Kenneth Ulmer, The Conflict of Charisma and Character
 * 45) "Most of us are one decision away fro stupid." - Kenneth Ulmer, The Conflict of Charisma and Character
 * 46) "Faith is acting like He is telling the Truth." - Tony Evans, Women Who Saved Their Family
 * 47) "The life that I could still live, I should live, and the thoughts that I could still think, I should think. " - C. G. Jung
 * 48) "No one has your best interests in ind better than you." - Colleen Ballinger
 * 49) "Truth the is not under-girded with love makes the truth obnoxious and the possessor of it repulsive." - Ravi Zaccharias
 * 50) "The closer you are to goodness, the closer you get to God." - Ravi Zaccharias
 * 51) "How can it be scary to notice someone and love them?" - James Robison
 * 52) "People get divorced because they don't understand marriage." - Tony Evans, Divorce and Remarriage
 * 53)  "You never change things by fighting existing reality. To change something, build a new reality that makes the existing reality obsolete." - R. Buckminster Fuller
 * 54) " The value of moving slowly is that one can always clearly see the way ahead." - Master Sinube, Star Wars Clone Wars: Lightsaber Lost
 * 55) "Many things that seem threatening in the dark become welcoming when you shine a light on them." - Iroh
 * 56) "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away" - Thoreau
 * 57) "You can't always believe what you think." - Jones, The Noticer
 * 58) "If you have any urge in you to know God, then that is God." - AlisonLovesJB
 * 59) "The best teacher's don't speak when the test is being taken." - John Gray
 * 60) "Those who chase fantasies so often lose sight of the reality of their destiny. Dream boldly with purpose."
 * 61) "Optimism can be a mood in the mindset that is in violation of reality. You have to answer life's questions. Not dismiss it with a feeling." - Ravi Zaccharias, Vision of India, P3
 * 62) "Falling in love is accidental. Walking in love is deliberate" - Clayton King
 * 63) "Profanity is the absence of sacredness."
 * 64) "To //give// truth //to him who loves// it //not// is to //only give him more multiplied reasons for misinterpretation//.” - George McDonald
 * 65) "If you feel constrained to praise the instrument, stop and give glory to God." - John Wesley
 * 66) "Man's greatest communications are primal in nature, through actions. Words are meaningless. Just listen to politicians."
 * 67) " Worship is the submission of all of our nature to God. It is the quickening of conscience by His holiness, nourishment of mind by His truth, purifying of imagination by His beauty, opening of the heart to His love, and submission of will to His purpose. And all this gathered up in adoration is the greatest of human expressions of which we are capable.” - William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury (d.1944)
 * 68) "You have heard it said 'it is better to give than to receive.' To this I add, it is better to receive than to take."
 * 69) "After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art." - [|Frédéric]Chopin
 * 70) "Immorality is always preceded by impiety." - Ravi Zaccharias
 * 71) There are 4 parts to communication: identification, translation, persuasion and justification. - Ravi Zaccharias
 * 72) “Nothing good can come if the will is wrong. And to give evidence to him who loves not the truth is to give him more plentiful material for misinterpretation.” - R. Weaver
 * 73) "To give //truth to him// who //loves// it //not// is to only give //him// more multiplied reasons for misinterpretation." -- George MacDonald.
 * 74) "Those who keep score in life just want to know they count. And when you do what you do for an audience of one, you know you count." - Ann Voskamp

Principles

 * 1) "The general motion in any such system can be characterized by giving the strength and the phase of each of these modes, and adding them all together. Another way of saying this is that any linear vibrating system is equivalent to a set of independent harmonic oscillators, with the natural frequencies corresponding to the modes." - R. Feynman
 * 2) "Now in the further development of science, we want more than just a formula. First we have an observation, then we have numbers that we measure, then we have a law which summarizes all the numbers. But the real glory of science is that we can find a way of thinking such that the law is evident. " - R. Feynman, Feynman Lectures v.1 ch. 2"
 * 3) "Don't work in a vacuum." - James Wyche, Howard University Provost
 * 4) "You are hired to get something done." J. Fortunak
 * 5) To be an overcomer you have to have great morals, great methods, great means, great management. - T.D. Jakes
 * 6) To attract **attention**, offer copious options. To attract a **decision**, reduce choice overload by offering fewer options.
 * 7) Writing is a natural process from creative to pragmatic through i) Concept - the idea(s) that exercises the inventor's creativity ii) Structure - outline dictating the direction of thoughts and iii) Content - details that make sense to the reader.
 * 8) There are (at least) three kinds of hard work (see below). The first item can be solved with proper planning, stacking a series of manageable tasks and adequate help. The second can be reduced with education, consultation and cleverness to solve the problem. The third can be tackled with proper proactivity and planning.
 * 9) Tedium - the work may be simple, but the amount makes the person weary
 * 10) Challenge - either the task is too difficult, or the person does not know how to attack the problem,
 * 11) Circumstance - lack of resources, contacts or tools to complete a project.
 * 12) You can't change people. People change when the paoin of staying ths ame is greater than the pain of the perspective change. They also change when God motivates them internally or externally.
 * 13) "1. Always have an objective. Know your end game before you lift a hand. 2. Keep a clear head. Emotions make you sloppy. 3. Understand your motivation. Always know what you want." - Sylar, Heroes
 * 14) The weaknesses found in others should not limit the strength of ones integrity.
 * 15) Five General Principles - Pastor Paul, "Biblical Roles and Responsibilities in Marriage"
 * 16) Everything God creates has a purpose.
 * 17) Where purpose is unknown or ignored, abuse is inevitable.
 * 18) If you want to know the purpose of a thing, don't ask the thing.
 * 19) Purpose is found in the creator of a thing.
 * 20) Purpose is the key to fulfillment.
 * 21) Refrain from comparing the worst things about something you know to best things about something you don't know. - Pastor Paul Sheppard, "Shutting the Door to Divorce (Part 2)"
 * 22) Five ways of innovation (ANOSE): - Richard Saul Wurman, Founder of TED Conference
 * 23) Addition
 * 24) Need
 * 25) Opposites
 * 26) Subtraction
 * 27) Epiphany
 * 28) Five ways to organize information: - Richard Saul Wurman, Founder of TED Conference
 * 29) Location - Map
 * 30) Alphabet - Dictionary
 * 31) Time - Timeline
 * 32) Category - Thesaurus, Figure
 * 33) Hierarchy - Outline, List
 * 34) "Be sure your desire does not outdistance your discipline." - Kenneth Ulmer
 * 35) "Obey now! Those who walk in disobedience will never be satisfied."
 * 36) We have three enemies: the flesh, the world, the devil
 * 37) The flesh wants to give you pleasure without God - but God wants to give you sanctified pleasure
 * 38) The world wants to give you success without God - but God wants to bless your prosperity
 * 39) The devil wants to make you religious without God (bow down and worship him) - but God wants to be the focus of your worship
 * 40) [|7 Lessons] of successful companies - Richard Branson
 * 41) Be visible - Solicit feedback, record ideas
 * 42) Express a passionate commitment - to serving the customer
 * 43) Your employees are your greatest asset
 * 44) Hire for attitude - positive, friendly, technical capabilities
 * 45) Empower Employees - expect you to use your imagination to solve problems. Do first, ask forgiveness later.
 * 46) Social media with a genuine voice.
 * 47) Have fun.
 * 48) Purpose of a Meeting - Deviations from these principles that do not help is growth are distractions that should be avoided.
 * 49) Maintenance - organize, communicate to ensure the system is running so progress can be made
 * 50) Present - new information with aims of generating ideas that help promote grow in the future
 * 51) Discuss - Works things out to decisive conclusions from which take directed next action
 * 52) There are three kinds of people; each reflect a level of love:
 * 53) Those who are willing - Him, The Son, Joseph, David
 * 54) Those who are willing but weak -Peter in the Garden with Him
 * 55) Those who are unwilling - most people
 * 56) When you have a tool and don't know where to start with experimental design, two approaches are:
 * 57) “Let the constitutive equation guide the experimental design.” – Jennifer Hay, Agilent
 * 58) “The purpose of testing is to get the constants of the constitutive equation.” – Jennifer Hay, Agilent

4 Kinds of Not Understanding

 * 1) Language barrier: person make speak too fast, or a different language
 * 2) Jargon barrier: use new words that non-technical people don't use
 * 3) Defiance:The idea is too crazy, don't want to accept it. We'll tell you what it really is like, otherwise you need to go somewhere else.
 * 4) Misinterpretation: invalid assumptions lead to wrong conclusions

The Art of Asking Questions
Asking Questions of Others Question Asking
 * 1) Confirming/Clarifying Questions
 * 2) Empowering Question
 * 3) Action Question
 * Great people at Bell Labs had lunch with Harry Nyquist who asked good questions
 * David Hilbert was good at asking questions that led his field; collected 23 questions.
 * Which question is the best?
 * Clearly stated and unambiguous
 * Must have a solution; no goose chase
 * Solution method exists; having a starting point, even if inefficient
 * Improved solution methods will likely be useful
 * Extremal; novel, significant
 * Goes to the heart of the issue
 * At the "right" level
 * Leads to new questions
 * Ask enough questions before answering
 * Can start asking questions by thinking from different perspectives
 * Types of questions:
 * Clarification, Leading, Nonsense, Instance, Survey, Assertion,Hypothetical, Rhetorical, Riddle, Trick, Tag, Rising tone,open/closed, meta

Strategies of Thinking

 * 1) Seek the essential: determine the fundamental mechanisms of a complex system to lead to higher discovery
 * 2) Use a simple case to explain a complex case.
 * 3) Follow process of construction
 * 4) Arguing by analogy
 * 5) Look at simpler circumstances to build insight and intuition.
 * 6) Do variations on a theme
 * 7) Explore possibilities at the local level and extrapolate to global level.
 * 8) Look at the environment for a familiar property and extrapolate it to a general setting.
 * 9) Look at simple tings, find a pastern and apply it to more complex things
 * 10) Think about the opposite; it is generally easier to find an AND probability than an OR.
 * 11) Exaggerate things; consider extreme cases.
 * 12) Look at all possibilities.
 * 13) Examine issues from several points of view.
 * 14) Look at things with a quantitative eye.
 * 15) Understand the Issues
 * 16) Experiment with things
 * 17) Moves from qualitative to quantitative thinking
 * 18) Make mistakes and fail, but never give up.
 * 19) Seek the essential.
 * 20) Understand simple things deeply.

Scientific Progression

 * 1) Counting things; movement from qualitative to quantitative
 * 2) Ask why; Investigate coincidences

Research
Require balance of Proposals, Papers, Presentations, People
 * Proposal - $, ideas, projects
 * Paper - currency of research
 * Presentation - exposure, credibility, letters of recommendation
 * People - graduate PhDs, teaching, service

Testable Hypothesis Method (Francis Bacon) 1. Make an **observation** - preliminary data 2. Make an objective **hypothesis** - "all pink flamingos are pink" could be true, but the term pink flamingo should be more clearly defined. 3. Take a **measurement** - experiments to test the hypothesis

Falsifiable Theory Method (Rene Decarte) Rational thoughts that are supported mathematically suffice as scientific evidence. Empirical data is not used.

Writing
Hopefully the project has been sketched in a paper outline. Steps 1 - 3 should be a living document that grows with time. By the completion of the project, you should already be at step 4. On writing papers: [|Storytelling]; [|Ira Glass on The Creative Process]
 * 1) Literature Search (week 1) - find leaders in field via citations, reference their work. Start reading most highly cited reviews.
 * 2) Sketch - (week 2) Arrange figures -> determine conclusions -> introduction -> materials/experimental procedure -> discussion -> abstract
 * 3) Draft (week 2/3) - make rough draft as complete as possible.
 * 4) Refine (week 3) - Use highest quality images. Check references. Eliminate grammar, punctuation, style issues.
 * 5) Review (week 4) - offer for critique. Be cautious of reviewer's fatigue.
 * 6) Submit (week 5) - Format, submit, pray.

Writing Tips by C.S. Lewis

 * 1) Always try to use the language so as to make quite clear what you mean and make sure your sentence couldn't mean anything else.
 * 2) Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one. Don't implement promises, but keep them.
 * 3) Never use abstract nouns when concrete ones will do. If you mean "More people died" don't say "Mortality rose."
 * 4) In writing. Don't use adjectives which merely tell us how you want us to feel about the thing you are describing. I mean, instead of telling us a thing was "terrible," describe it so that we'll be terrified. Don't say it was "delightful"; make us say "delightful" when we've read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are only like saying to your readers, "Please will you do my job for me."
 * 5) Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.

Leadership
Based on results from a Freshmen Chemistry Symposium, it is deduced that success is often an iterative process.
 * Vision
 * Set an idea in motion
 * Let it soak in minds; questions will generate; collect questions; refine initial idea
 * Clarify complete vision writing
 * Iteration: break up large projects into smaller chucks; dominate through iterative contributions
 * Group: a network, resource or support for delegating and distributing work load.

Progressing in Research
There are 4 main phases a student must endure during research:
 * **Knowledge**: the humility to admit you don't know something. This can be uncomfortable to face. The tendency is to avoid the thing you don't understand. The sooner you acknowledge your situation in the light of truth, the fast you can progress. When you realize you are ignorant, start mitigating by reading introductory books or reviews. Establish a prima facie understanding and build upon it.
 * **Problem or Puzzle**: define an issue well. This is a blissful time can excite your curiosity in wonder and imagination.
 * **Chart**: Plot a course of action. Outline tasks and contingency plans. This is a time for creativity and consolidation of skills.
 * **Execution**: pull resources to make the plan happen. This is a time that requires experience and training. Training has two types: "equi-logi" - for a group of people having similar knowledge, i.e. research group, field, etc. All have similar skills and are limited by the same knowledge. Progressing knowledge can be slow. "aniso-logi" - instruction is directional from mentor to apprentice. This form of training yields quickest ability to bring a person "up to speed" with current knowledge.

5 P's of Productivity
Based on preparation and results from STEPUP XVII Chemistry course.

Purpose --> (plan + preparation) = platform --> performance

-Watch -Listen -Sense -Anticipate || -Teach students life lessons -Teach how to survive Fall and beyond -Develop confidence -Expose to failure and triumph -Develop network and demonstrate benefits -Teach TA effective management skills || -Orderly worship -Humble self -Serve and honor -Praise in peace || -Revival -Impact of service || -Computer Lab -Outline -Notepad -Conversations -Early morning thoughts || -Guide through Bloom's taxonomy -Adapt lecture using learning styles -Lecture outline -Discussion outline -Student lectures, dynamic presentations, symposium || -Communicate songs + resources -Efficient practice -Weekly set lists -Enjoyable, stress-free environment -Scripture focused || -Dinner -Opening -P+W -HIMWOs -Sermon -Prayer || -ID tools, resources -Logistics -Support || -Syllabus (class + discussion) -Lecture notes, student notes, powerpoints, problem sets -Extras: demonstrations, group activities, chalk-walk -Symposium: program, schedule, abstract + presentation review, invited talks, photoshoot || -Title, CCLI, video -prepare song sheets -verse per week || -Teams: prayer, prayer warriors, dinner, contributors to program, ushers, tech team, crew -Communications: emails, calls, invitations, PR, solicitations/team-building, scheduling || -Set standards -Set expectations -Develop systems || -Grading, comment sheets, tutoring, interventions -Group interaction, work+answer, no late work, integrity, no cheating, thank you cards -Professionalism, respect, hard work || -Song database: excel, gmail -Song library: song select, opensong -Scripture: Biblegateway || -Script: celtx -Communications: contact list, gmail -Assistant || -Record results -Process results -Analyze results -Learn/modify/adapt -Implement in new project || -Group network -Guided thought process -Student lectures -Dynamic presentations -Symposium -Rapport with Associate Dean -Sense of accomplishment -Discussion lecture notes -Symposium video -Grading sheet with dashboard of performance and learning styles -Sense of raising the bar -Passion || -Cohesive -Spiritually sound -Unbiased to new vs. old -Flexible -Creative -Reduced tech issues -Organized -Something more than singing || -Orchestration -Mild reflection -Spiritual renewal -Unanimous positive feedback ||
 * ~ "P" ||~ Context/Mindset ||~ Description ||~ Example (STEPUP XVII) ||~ Example (Church) ||~ Example (NOW) ||
 * ~ Purpose || Knowledge/Exposure || -Read
 * ~ Plan || Creative space || -Whiteboard
 * ~ Preparation || Footwork || -Format
 * ~ Platform || Fieldwork || -Develop culture
 * ~ Performance || Reflective space || -Use systems


 * Application of the 5 P's.** So far, my most productive moments have arisen from full application of the 5 P's. My greatest examples being in the realms of Teaching (STEPUP XVI, STEPUP XVII, Mechanical Behavior, Senior Research, Senior Design, Brittle Fracture) and Service (Quals Study Program, Proposal Defense Panel, Church, NOW). What is the setback in the realm of Research? For all cases of research experience (Whitney x2, Dartmouth, Intel, Sharklet, PNNL...), the Purpose, Plans and some Preparation via resources was already determined. My tasks have been to carry out Preparation, Platform, Performance. Now, the graduate student is required to perform all tasks without even knowing they're supposed to do all of these things much less know how. Again, many graduate students are put on projects, so the first two P's are in place from day one. I am responsible for integrity of each part. I've only been given pieces of the first two; the purpose being unclear or the plan too vague. Without these two, the project is lost. I've continued doing what I know how (Preparation via templates, Platform - developing systems via philosophies, education/reading/exposure in different fields), but these silos of thought and effort have been disconnected, without a purpose and a thoughtful plan. I've invested in Purpose (GTDProf, LmTRS) and Planning (Proposals, research plans) mildly. However, __the crux is the bridge between the unfamiliar Purpose/Planning and Preparation/Platform/Performance which has yet to be crossed. This element and the proper development of the first two stages likely the missing key__. Some subtle observations: success came with a proper group or team, steps were iterative, some projects were short-lived and intense, projects only initiated with performance (output/end goal) in mind.

The last observation is the source of much stagnancy, "what plan with least preparation will yield the greatest impact?" This critical question, while potentially offering the maximum benefits, can also be the slayer of numerous undeveloped, unsupported, weak ideas. This potent question is the apoptotic checkpoint of a constructive thought cycle. Some ideas are natural home-runs and survive this question. Those are the golden ideas worth pursuing. Lack of confidence in these ideas and the feedback given from advisers has also contributed to this stagnancy, but research can survive on the diminutive ideas. Research never fails to yield success unless we decide to do nothing, especially with the failsafe of properly constructed hypotheses and ideas.


 * Performance-driven Approach.** The other approach which is used under time constraints is to start with a fuzzy purpose and plan, skip steps in preparation, skip platforms just to get performance. If something interesting comes from it, spend the ardor reverse engineering the process and enduring the consequences of poor purpose, planning, preparation and platform. We are a society that promotes performance, but we forget at the steps leading to it. This approach has work with mild level of success (Daytona and Fractography Conferences), but the true demonstration of quality work cannot be showcased.

A Procedure for Project Development
Experimental projects can range in depth and complexity depending on the critical questions asked and the level of research invested in answering those questions. One approach is to diligently design project upfront to avoid and eliminate issues that come up later. However, even with the best planning strategies, facing the unknown will always have a series of issues.

The following key points should be understood prior to starting:
 * 1) Significance of impact to the field
 * 2) Knowledge of the topic
 * 3) Understanding barriers to entry
 * 4) Assessing qualifications and resources to carry out the work
 * 5) End goal



The Happiness Advantage
Shawn Achor suggests positive psychology is a prerequisite for success, not simply a product.

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Two quarks and one down quark make a positive proton. When life hands you down quarks, think up quark!

Treat Life Like a Game
Jane McGonigal believes gaming is an appropriate approach to solving the world's problems. What if life was treated like a game? Reduced fear of failure, more high-reward risks and epic wins may be possible. She used the principles of gaming to recover from brain trauma.

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Professor of Truth
Ravi Zacharias gave an story about a professor of chemistry who talked about God with his students. He was at risk of losing his job. He convinced the Provost that it was odd that even distinguished academicians could not have a discussion about God. He invited the President to his house and showed letters from former students who were encouraged by the scripture verses he placed on the top of his tests. - Marching to a Different Drummer, Part 4 of 4

From Star Wars to Research
While reviewing a documentary on George Lucas and the makings of the original Star Wars trilogy, some comparisons to research were drawn from the elements established in movie making:

Treatment
The roughest writing of the movie which is short but captures the highlights in enough detail to convey the essence of the story. This is akin to summary, abstract, executive report to the research work. This stage capture the most raw thoughts and facilitates brainstorming.

Roles
Key roles in movie production are the writer, producer and director. George Lucas served in all of these capacities. He used a painter to help bring the visuals of the script to life when pitching his idea to his supporting agency. I suppose a PI is analogous as the writer of project proposals, a producer of facilities for generating the lab work and the director steering the vision of the lab group. The PI however may delegate responsibilities of the final writing and producing to the graduate students. Most PIs don't invest in art when pitching ideas to funding agencies. Perhaps this is an area that can be improved.

Pre-production
Lucas founded a production company that built everything from scratch, including the models for the death star fight scene and computers. He used a team of ambitious people to accomplish this. This stage is similar to the lab startup year of an assistant professor. It is most difficult to initiate and very barebones, but with the right ambitious team, can be successful. Outlines for the project are written. This is a task that students should undertake in order to have ownership of the project. Sample outlines would be helpful. This is a long process, it is started immediately. Also, Lucas' team was cross-trained unlike most unions at the time, e.g. models where built to accommodate the cameras, etc. Cross-training the first students is a good idea. This reminds me of two talented graduate students, Buddy Ratner and Steve Frieman, who worked with Dr. Hench on the original Bioglass research. The rest is history.

Casting
Interview people to bring life to the final production. These are the key players in the film. The graduate students serve this purpose. Lucas spent time interviewing people with no track record. He looked for screen presence and chemistry between actors. Not only should students perform in the lab, but must also sync in harmony with the professors. [\interview question: what is the process for student recruiting? Are students rotated through lab or is recruiting an independent effort?] Lucas had new faces (Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa) mixed with established stars (Obi Wan). The seasoned stars offered some credibility and experience to the group. Acquiring masters students pursuing Ph.Ds might be the way to quickly add research experience to a budding research group. Lucas looked outside of normal circles to find actors for Chewbaka and R2D2. Some of the actors were convinced by paintings. Lucas even search in England. International collaborations are a good idea.

Shooting
This stage is akin to lab work. Lucas faced many challenges, weather problems, actor complaints, negativity of the crew, clashing personalities with the workers, frustrations in the costume quality, too much time building sets and not enough shots, etc. They started shooting outside, using natural resources while sets were being completed. Lucas was able to use the resources in London to help. Lucas encouraged "faster and more intensity," both good for research, but the process of "finding" in acting can be a slow process. Patience is also required for students. Lucas brought in experts to help train actors to do their stunts and sword fights. Delegating expertise to people in other groups is a good idea. Lucas was pushed to finish shooting. In the end, the directing split into three units working in parallel. This principle of parallel work is good.

Editing
This stage is like writing the final papers. Lucas had to recut the movie. He solicited a lot of help to get the film pieced so that cuts drove the rhythm of he movie. This is key insight that may be helpful. Instead of driving the rhythm of the paper by the author, let the data drive the rhythm (or tell the story) of the paper. The editing team would use every frame and interchange different "reels" to complete the film and drive the action. The reels may be analogous to using different techniques to help tell a story. They only left in the components that were presentable, editing out all the mess. Production was occurring simultaneously.

Production
More strict timelines were needed for production company, having to do a year's worth of work in half-time. Lucas had trouble communicating his vision in a technical way. To help the team, he spliced together some clips of WWII aerial dog fights; storyboards were not sufficient enough to match the pacing Lucas wanted for his final scenes. The team matched the shots to the sample reel as closely as possible. Learning how to make videos may be useful in the future for communicating ideas. The principle here is finding a medium to communicate an idea as clearly as possible is good. These "rhythms" differ between journals, some demanding more technical slant (maybe Science) while others more a story, like Nature.

Ben Burtt added brand new sounds to the movie. This the creative edge that helped make Stars Wars unique. The sounds of Chewbacka, R2D2 and breathing of Vader are iconic. This could be comparable to an approach the researcher brings to the field.

The voicings are dubbed in the final cut. Here they brought in James Earl Jones for the classic voice of Darth Vader.

The music score served as the anchor for the movie. He recruited John Williams who recently won an Oscar for Jaws. His contribution was one of the few components that exceeded his expectations.

Private Screening
Lucas brought in friend to see the first take of the film. This is like the first draft of a paper circulated among friends. Lucas had a mixed reaction as the screening was in bad shape. The first screening lacked the score. Speilberg was among the audience, and enthusiastic friend.

Publicity
They put together (a terrible) trailer while they were still working on the film. This is perhaps akin to an abstract submitted to a conference. Comics with Stan Lee and novels were produced before the movie release.

Premeire This is like a presentation. "The opening shot was the most important in terms of visual effects. If the audience bought that shot, you had them." Here is insight. If the first slide is appealing, the audience will be captured. Here, pictures are key, exercising important of photography skills.

Temporal Debt
//I owe God for every daylight hour I borrow…//

Before undertaking any action, ask yourself the following:
 * Is it significant?
 * Do you have the resources to complete the task? If so, how well can you complete it.
 * How many **physical** resources?
 * How many **temporal** resources (how much time can you spare)?

//Properties of Temporal Resources// When you don’t have the right tool to do a job, sometimes you can “get by” using a makeshift tool or system. This is often at the expense of time required to perform a task in a less efficient way. Therefore, if you are lacking physical resources, you can accommodate using temporal resources. The converse is not true. If you don’t have time, no matter how many resources you may have, that task cannot be completed. Therefore, time is a very powerful tool. It can make or break you. You cannot control it any better than you can control the ocean currents, but if you are clever, you can use it’s power to your advantage and sail to new opportunities that once was never available to you.

//Day vs. Night// There are two types of temporal resources: day time and night time. Both can be equally efficient depending on the type of work you are conducting. For example, if you are an independent worker, any time of the day can suit you. However, if you interact with people regularly, more than likely your resources are restricted to the daylight hours. Therefore, any work requires external input or value from an outside source must be conducted during a time when your resource is available, and this is usually during the day. You then have only 12 hours to operate. How will you use this time?

//Temporal Usage// There are three types of time expenditures:


 * Efficient time: this is optimum efficiency of the time allocated to you
 * Wasted time: this is time that could be improved to conduct tasks more efficiently, sometimes by events beyond your control
 * Abused time: this is deliberate negligence and irresponsibility.

You know the phrase “time is money?” It is a common expression, but if it had any weight or value in our society, why not treat time like money. You may not mind throwing away a penny in the trash, but you definitely might start feeling odd about throwing away $1000. Why is there a difference? Money is money, right? The same dichotomy in perception for money is expressed in time because time is really only as important as the value you assign to it. When you are given a gift, time you spend selecting a gift often sends a stronger message the gift itself. Flowers given to wives usually convey the message, “I took time to think about you today.”

Any given task falls into two temporal categories, what I like to call spread-time and dense-time.


 * Dense-time: a task that falls into dense time is usually some decision that must be made soon.
 * Spread-time: allows for decisions to be made over a given time span.

Both are very important and skill in each will ultimately make you more flexible person. Those who think on their feet and make fast, accurate decisions are typically people who have mastered operating in dense-time. There are however certain projects that will require more time and are automatically defaulted as spread-time actions. A situation that many procrastinators fall into is take a spread-time action and trying to make in a dense-time action. No matter how hard you try to fit the square peg in the round hole, something has to give. This is usually a classic case of abused time. The danger of forcing a spread-time action into a dense-time process means ideas may flow less or not be able to be properly incorporated. You can loose credibility and appear incompetent to others. You will stress yourself out. These are non-ideal situations, and should be avoided, despite the simulated adrenaline rush procrastinators may feel in driving this rocky road.

//Time does not belong to you. It belongs to God.// If you received funding for a new start up company or you were a stockbroker managing a client’s account, you are obligated to produce returns. If you treat time like and investment: “how do I yield a return on this investment of time?” you will see things from a clearer perspective. God has entrusted time to you. You have to figure out how to make a return on His investment.

//Feelings Don’t Matter// At least not in the sense of accomplishing tasks. The words “feel” and “doing” must be mutually exclusive. Why? Well, no one likes paying bills, or cutting lawns, or washing dishes or buying groceries, or waking up at night to a crying, hungry infant, but these must get done regardless of how you feel. So it’s best to get into the habit of separating emotions from tasks because they don’t directly affect positive results.

//Strategies// Be wary of time consuming events such as:
 * Items for clarification
 * Good, informed decision-making

GTD Weekly Review



 * 1) Loose Papers - put in in basket for processing
 * 2) business cards, receipts, empty bag, books, notepad, piles in room
 * 3) Process Your Notes
 * 4) Previous Calendar Data
 * 5) review for remaining action items
 * 6) reference information
 * 7) Upcoming Calendar
 * 8) Empty Your Head
 * 9) write new projects
 * 10) write new action items
 * 11) review trigger list
 * 12) Review "Projects" (and Larger Outcome) Lists
 * 13) ensure that at least one kick-start action is in your system for each
 * 14) Review "Next Actions" Lists
 * 15) Mark off completed actions
 * 16) review for reminders of further action steps to capture
 * 17) Review "Waiting For" List
 * 18) Mark off completed items
 * 19) Set next actions for any needed follow-up
 * 20) Review Any Relevant Checklists
 * 21) Review "Someday/Maybe" List
 * 22) Check for any projects that may have become active and transfer them to "Projects"
 * 23) Delete items no longer of interest
 * 24) Review "Pending" and Support Files
 * 25) Browse through all work-in-progress support material to trigger new actions, completions, and waiting-fors

Teaching Portfolio
Notes from a Teaching Workshop

Statement -Clarify your beliefs, goasl andobjectives. -Need to address your fit -Promote questions and make lively interviews

Purpose -Evaluate fit -how evidence of practice -1-2 pages, double spaced -Narrative, fist-person -Use bullets sparingly (?) -Use concrete examples: link theory to action -Tailor to individual institutions

Introduction -why do you want to teach? -What is motivation? Who has shaped your career? -Teaching experiences that were rewarding How do People Learn -Learning Styles (3) -How do you understand how people are going to learn? Beliefs About Learning in Academia (tailor to institution) -Extend discussion to population -Level of student: UG, Grad (masters and doctoral) -Career goals: academic, contextual factors and career goals -Check the About Us page Implementation How Do you Measure Outcomes? -How do you evaluate student learning? Essays, projects, exams, etc. Specific Examples -Identify courses you would like to teach -Discuss structure goals, components of courses -Discuss strengths and qualifications

Demonstrate evidence of practice, convey effectiveness, communicate teaching is valued, student of learning centered, clear, concise, readable

Papers
Two references for writing papers are by Whitesides and Ashby.

Color coding system for writing papers by section and estimations of approximate content per section.
 * ~ Color ||~ Section(s) ||~ Amount in Paper ||~ Writing Priority ||
 * Gray || Rationale/Intro ||= 1% ||= 2 ||
 * Red || Materials/Methods ||= 4% ||= 3 ||
 * Green || Experimental Design ||= 15% ||= 4 ||
 * Blue || Results/Discussion ||= 75% ||= 5 ||
 * Black || Conclusions ||= 2% ||= 1 ||
 * || Abstract ||= - ||= 6 ||

WikiResearch
//A one-stop information shop for researchers.//

A Mediawiki-style knowledge-base for collaborative contribution within a lab group. Present Mediawiki can be customized to accommodate mosted desired features. However, a fork may be desired in the future.

__Pros__
 * Incorporates knowledge of all users.
 * Junior lab-members can be brought up to speed of lab efforts
 * Current lab-members can stay current with progress and updates.
 * Automatically organizes a database of images and data
 * Inspires iterative contributions
 * Tracks lecture notes for classes

__Cons__
 * Initial learning barrier of learning wikitext is a barrier
 * Duplication of data presents resistance to use

__Desired Features__

 * Reference uploader
 * Author ID and Stats
 * WYSIWYG editor
 * Rigorous math editor
 * Media plugins for video, youtube, etc. and powerpoint
 * User-friendly table maker
 * Graph sketcher plugin
 * Citation styles
 * Simple Database backup, import, export
 * PDF rendering
 * Word exporter

__Templates__
 * Feynman-style lecture outline
 * Paper-style outline
 * Logistics, customs, article on standards and BKPs

__Stubs__
 * INCOMPLETE - This paper requires more: references, data, review, revision, etc.

__Namespaces__
 * Main
 * Research Plan
 * Paper
 * Presentation
 * Lecture
 * File - images, references

The Science of Life
"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust..."
 * Bioglass

"What man thinks, so is he..."
 * Quantum Mechanics

"Love thy neighbor..."
 * Game Theory

Humor
"Solids Sublime" (Tune to Grey Street) Oh look at how she sits there, Atoms in a periodic state. She just goes jiggling left to right some Staring out on to empty space But she says, "Hey!" What is going on with me? I feel the heat! It's making me move all around, Much higher than kT!" She feels the temperature is rising. She moves from solid to liquid state. As all the atoms mix together... to gas! 'Cause she broke her bonds. to gas! 'Cause she broke her bonds.

Faculty Research
Google Research: []

Negotiation Topics

 * length of appointment
 * startup funds
 * office space
 * lab space
 * grad student support
 * release time from teaching
 * release from committee
 * relocation
 * salary


 * Proposals: how soon to expect successful grants? Methodology for 1st papers
 * Paper: co-authorship, weight on tenure
 * People: idea of hiring masters students -> PhD

CONSULTING = 9 mo. salary/165 x 2; federal rate = $500/day