Rufinus Lahur's share on Thinking

Start to be HANDSOME (lanj.)

2009-03-01T21:00:00.000-08:00

Ternyata, setiap kita, seperti ceritera petani dalam kisah sebelumnya,banyak
mengetahui. Ia mengetahui bagaimana menanam pisang, nangka, pohon sukun, jeruk,
pepaya, talas, dan entah apa lagi. Tetapi faktanya, sekitar rumah tetap kosong.
Yang tumbuh subur adalah tanaman liar, seperti ilalang dan putri malu.
Petani tadi, mempunyai waktu, mempunyai tempat tinggal, mempunyai pengetahuan
untuk menanam,.....tetapi, dia tidak berani memulai(START) menanam, sekarang
juga.Tetapi sebagai gantinya, ia menghabiskan waktunya dengan
mempergunjingkan masa silam yang tidak mungkin kembali, dan atau cemas menghadapi masa depan yang tidak dapat
diramalkan alias tidak pasti. Dan menterlantarkan saat ini, di sini, tanpa akhir.

Tampak dari kisah ini, mengetahui saja belum cukup.Punya waktu belum cukup. Dan,
punya tempat tinggal dan kebun saja belum cukup.Semuanya tidak mengubah kondisi
sang petani tadi. Rupanya, kunci utama membuka kemandekan tadi, berada di luar itu
semua. Yaitu,mulai berbuat sesuatu. Antara mengetahui dan memulai berbuat, ada
jurang waktu yang menganga lebar. Terlalu banyak pertimbangan, "tunggu dulu" atau
"wait and see". Akhirnya "wait and see for life!". Dengan segala akibatnya....

Kalau disimak dengan sungguh-sungguh dan jujur, maka kelihatan, yang dilalaikan
adalah fokus perhatian kita untuk berbuat sesuatu, sekarang(NOW) dan di sini(HERE).
(H)ere (A)ND (N)ow (D)oing (Some)thing.HANDSOME!
So, let us start, to be HANDSOME!

Start to be Handsome

2006-03-14T21:34:00.000-08:00

Baru saja saya jumpa pak Johan.Rekan diskusi sekitar software for our nectop(brain).
Lalu muncul topik di atas. Start to be handsome.

Sebenarnya mau refleksi tentang waktu(time) dan ruang serta kita manusia, yang 'bermain' pada panggung ruang dan waktu tersebut. Kelihatan lucu sekali. Kita lupa bahwa kita semua diberi oleh sang pencipta, waktu yang sama. Yaitu 24 jam sehari. Tanpa pilih kasih. Begitu juga kapal angkasa yang bernama bumi. Kita sebagai orang yang indekos dalam salah satu kabinnya. Kita diberi waktu dan kabin. Mau diapain? Saya mau apain waktu dan ruang(tempat) yang kita pakai?

Mungkin ini pertanyaan universal, semua orang dari lahir sampai mati.
Dan kelihatan sikap dan jawaban orang tidak sama. Mungkin inilah daya tarik dari kehidupan kita.

Berbeda jawaban terhadap pertanyaan: Sekarang dan di sini anda mau buat apa?

Tampaklah orang sekadar menghabiskan waktunya dengan menyesali apa yang terjadi pada masa lampau. Dan atau bingung memikirkan masa depan yang unpredictable.
Sedemikian rupa sehingga menyita seluruh waktu dan energi, dengan akibat hari ini
tidak berbuat apa-apa, alias hidup mengambang (floating life), secara terus menerus.

Bayangkan. Pak tani, membiarkan lahan sekitar rumahnya tetap perawan alias mengambang pula. Tidak ditanami apapun. Pada hal pemiliknya, konon kurang gizi, bahkan ada yang busung lapar, lalu mati kelaparan. Bukannya mereka berbuat sesuatu dengan lahannya, tetapi bergegas mencari kartu tanda miskin. Biar mendapat sumbangan makanan. (Bersambung)...

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Are you a 3-Minute Thinker?

2006-02-21T01:27:00.000-08:00

Are you a 3-Minute Thinker?

Try this quiz

Part 1:

Answer TRUE or FALSE.

1. We're all born skilled thinkers.

2. Thinking requires a weekend, a hammock and a pitcher of lemonade.

3. Breakthrough ideas come about mostly by accident.

4. Feelings usually prevent good thinking.

5. Smart people are the best thinkers.

6. Too much thinking leads to inaction and too little thinking leads to superficiality.

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Answers:

1. FALSE. While we are all born with a basic ability to think, that ability is rudimentary compared to what can be achieved by someone who develops their thinking as a true skill.

2. FALSE. Thinking -- that is skilled thinking -- is a focused, deliberate activity that is done in short, concentrated bursts.

3. FALSE. While some of the great ideas have indeed come about by accident ( e.g., an apple hitting the head of Isaac Newton), most ideas come about through focused, deliberate thinking.

4. FALSE. While this may be true for an unskilled thinker, part of the skill of thinking requires detaching oneself from one's ego and separating the feelings from the thinking.

5. FALSE. In fact, smart people are often the worst thinkers. They often use their knowledge to defend a position instead of being willing to re-think or take a new position. That's one of the reasons children exhibit so much creativity potential.

6. FALSE. If done skillfully, thinking can be done in 3-minute bursts. Sometimes more than one such burst is required. Often the best decisions can be made in only a few such bursts. In either case, the purpose of skilled thinking is always to get a result.

Part 2:

Multiple Choice.

1. Thinking is most like:

a. philosophy

b. psychology

c. karate

2. Solving a problem is a matter of:

a. finding the right answer

b. using one proven technique

c. discovering what works

3. Resolving a conflict is a matter of:

a. getting your way

b. proving your adversary wrong

c. bridging the gap between disagreement and agreement

4. Tough decisions require:

a. lots of information

b. long periods of thinking

c. short, focused bursts of thinking

5. If you want to involve other people in your thinking, it's best to:

a. ask others what they would do

b. let someone else decide

c. ask others for structured, thinking input

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1. c. A skilled thinker knows how to think deliberately in a skillful manner, just as a karate expert can apply skilled blows to achieve a powerful effect. Philosophy and psychology are concerned more with describing human thinking than actually doing it.

2. c. Often there are many possible solutions that produce the desired result, and it usually requires trying different techniques. Rarely is there one right answer, and rarely will the same technique work in every case.

3. c. Conflicts are usually based not on the facts but on different perceptions. Resolution occurs when those perceptions are more aligned. Getting your way or proving your adversary wrong may work in the short term but will not resolve the underlying conflict.

4. c. Even the toughest decisions can be made with a short, concentrated thinking effort. Taking more time often just produces needless worry and stress; waiting for more information is often just a way to delay making the decision.

5. c. Asking others for their "thinking input" in a structured form can be useful, and give others a sense of being involved in the result. Just asking someone for an opinion is too open-ended to be useful, and letting others do your thinking for you can be hazardous to your future!

Change your thinking and all else will follow.

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My insight on School of Thinking

2006-02-19T23:20:00.000-08:00

Hello All,

I am glad to share my own insight related with School of Thinking, Psychocybernatics, Lateral Thinking and Cognitics.

I will be glad if you also want to comment and share your insight on the above subjects

Regards
Rufinus Lahur

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2005-06-19T00:11:00.000-07:00

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