Learning

On Asking Questions

by Jarkko on January 18, 2008 · 17 comments

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Yesterday I asked you guys the question: “What are you insanely interested in?” I got two great responses that would both deserve to stand out as their own blog posts: Tiitus told about his love for music and how a TV drama got him carried away with playing piano. And Timo told about the amazing [...]

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Yesterday my son Oiva finally learned his newest skill: turning from his back to his belly. It was a great victory for him: the first step towards being able to move by himself. And just look at the video: it’s a fight! It’s a great accomplishment, something he feels that is really important for him [...]

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Why I started this blog

by Jarkko on August 4, 2007 · 4 comments

A few days ago when chatting with a friend I promised him that I would write something about the meaning of this blog and the reasons why I am working on it. I planned to do this some day next week but as a coincidence Nate Whitehill asked the very question, “What motivated you to [...]

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27 years and counting

by Jarkko on August 3, 2007 · 9 comments

Today I’m writing something a bit more personal by digging into some birthdays that have shaped my personality and made me the man I am today. After writing the story I realized something important: while this story is about me, what’s really important in it isn’t me. It’s my dad. August 3rd, 1980: This is [...]

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Embrace fear and learn

by Jarkko on June 29, 2007 · 0 comments

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live. – Dorothy Thompson One of the greatest obstacles for learning is fear. It can be the fear of failing, fear of being laughed at, or just a fear with no apparent reason. Usually I’m a person that doesn’t fear many things and it’s [...]

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Learning means changing

by Jarkko on June 18, 2007 · 2 comments

Learning is at the same time one of the most natural things and one of the most difficult things there are. Organizational learning is even harder. It’s easy to learn things when you want to learn them, but it requires a tremendous amount of work to get someone learn something when the inspiration doesn’t come [...]

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