Kape at Keso

image from https://danielcoyle.com/the-talent-code/ Chapter 1 The Sweet Spot In the first chapter, Coyle introduces a concept he calls “deep practice” (page 16). Coyle supported this by citing Robert Bjork, chair of psychology at UCLA, who developed the foundation of “deep practice” - that progress and overcoming circumstances are results of struggling to figure out hurdles on your own despite making mistakes along the way. (page 18) To further support his claim, Coyle shows two groups of words. Group A has pairs of words spelled correctly while Group B has words with missing letters. He argues that the reader is more likely to remember Group B as struggling to complete the missing letters adds more impact to one’s memory. This is deep practice. (page 17) He continued by giving another illustration. Suppose you are in a party and you forgot somebody’s name, you struggle to recall the name and try to think deeper to remember. You would less likely to forget again as opposed to...

To help me overcome grief, I wrote my heart out and just let the pain come out through these words. And by reading them over and over again, perhaps my heart will also find its rest. January 10, 2022 Nanay will be laid to rest on Saturday. I am still unsure whether I have accepted her fate or will I ever accept it? When will the pain go? Truly, losing someone you dearly love makes your world stop. I often get that anxious feeling. Physically, the anxiousness manifests through uneasiness, I have that feeling in my stomach that I can`t explain. I want to throw up or eat a lot or punch my stomach. Sometimes, I stare at something blanky other times, I get trouble sleeping.   Then I would suddenly cry. The reality of not seeing her anymore would start to kick in. If I stay here (Japan), I would lose my sanity in no time. If I go back home, I won`t be able to get over with the grief.   While I was asking God to comfort me with his words, He told me to be humble. I didn`t k...