April 20
2018
April 18
2018
Is Gradualness The Secret To Speedbuilding?
“Weight-lifters start with weights they can lift and gradually increase the weights over a period of time. Good fight managers start a new boxer off with easy opponents and gradually pit him against more experienced fighters. We can apply the same general principles in almost any field of endeavor. The principle is merely to start with an ‘opponent’ over which you can succeed, and gradually take on more and more difficult tasks.
Pavlov, on his death-bed, was asked to give one last bit of advice to his students on how to succeed. His answer was, ‘Passion and gradualness.’
Even in those areas where we have already developed a high degree of skill, it sometimes helps to ‘drop back,’ lower our sights a bit, and practice with a feeling of ease. This is especially true when one reaches a ‘sticking point’ in progress, where effort for additional progress is unavailing. Continually straining to go beyond the ‘sticking point’ is likely to develop undesirable ‘feeling habits’ of strain, difficulty, effort. Under such conditions weight-lifters reduce the amount of weight on the bar, and practice ‘easy lifting’ for awhile. A boxer, who shows signs of going stale, is pitted against a number of easier opponents. Albert Tangora, for many years the World Champion Speed Typist, used to practice ‘typing slow’- at half normal speed- whenever he reached a plateau, where further increase in speed seemed impossible.” -From, “Psycho-Cybernetics” By: Maxwell Maltz
April 13
2018
Mastering Steno & The Success Mechanism
The following quote is apropos to learning steno:
“The success mechanism within you can work in the same way to produce ‘creative doing’ as it does to produce ‘creative ideas.’ Skill in any performance, whether it be in sports, in playing the piano, in conversation, or in selling merchandise, consists not in painfully and consciously thinking out each action as it is performed, but in relaxing, and letting the job do itself through you. Creative performance is spontaneous and ‘natural’ as opposed to self-conscious and studied. The most skilled pianist in the world could never play a simple composition if he tried to consciously think out just which finger should strike which key- while he was playing. He has given conscious thought to this matter previously- while learning, and has practiced until his actions become automatic and habit-like. He was able to become a skilled performer only when he reached the point where he could cease conscious effort and turn the matter of playing over to the unconscious habit mechanism which is a part of the success mechanism.” -From, “Psycho-Cybernetics” By: Maxwell Maltz
April 13
2018
Court Reporter Spotted: Seven Seconds
April 13
2018
Friday Phrases
April 13
2018
Merriam-Webster’s Word Of The Day: Aegis
Aegis means the following: “(1) A shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena.
(2a) Protection. (2b) Controlling or conditioning influence.
(3a) Auspices, sponsorship. (3b) Control or guidance especially by an individual, group, or system.”
MACHINE BRIEFS:
OPTION #1: aegis= AOE/GIS
OPTION #2: aegis= AOE/G*IS
OPTION #3: aegis= AOE/JIS
OPTION #4: aegis= AOE/J*IS
April 4
2018
Random Briefs
April 3
2018
I Love Steno Trivia Tuesday: The Longest Word In Alphabetical Order
April 2
2018
Medical Monday: Prefixes & Suffixes For The Five Senses
April 1
2018
Briefs And Phrases From Jessica Jones- Season 2, Episode 5
aquarium= KWAIRM
apartment= PARMT
alibi= AEB
sloppy= SLOIP
hypothetical= H*PT
emotion= MAOEGS
common= KMON
external= XERNL
internal= SBERNL
cell= KREL
statement= STAIMT
proof= PRAOF
they believe= THEBL
that you know= THAUN
professional= PROEFL
discretion= SDREFGS
obstruction= BRUX
justice= JUS
poodle= PAO*LD
probation= PRAIX
violation= VAOILGS
eighteen= AEN
lump= LUFRP
maniac= MA*ING
unsolved= UN/SO*FLD
concern= KERN
at the= TE-
alienate= YENLT
career= KRAOER
computer= KPAOURT
gun= G-N
itchy= IFP/YI
fingers= FIRNGS
former= FRORM
employers= PLOIRS
suddenly= SULD
alias= AILZ
Sophie= SOEF/YI
monster= MOFRNT
practicing= PRAG
would you mind= WOUMD
I can’t remember the= YARMT
last time= LAFMT
animals= ANLS
Marcus= MAR/K*US
sorry= SOR
crashing= KRARBG
practice= PRA
terrible= TERBL
today= TOD
legal= LAOEL
advice= VIS
this morning= THORNG
too late= TAOLT
comfortable= K-FRBL
beetle= BAOELT
slaughter= SLAURT
lawyer= LAUR
Nick= N*IK
abilities= ABLTS
patients= PAIRBTS
program= PRAM
genetic= JENGT
editing= Y*IGT
there were= THR-RP
side effects= SFEKTS
enhanced= KBANS/-D
person= PERN
beginning= GING
quiet= QAET
alive= LOIF
online= AONL
bathtub= BA*T/T*UB
murder= MURD
process= PROS
vomit= VOMT
medication= MEGS
photo= FOET
criminal= KRINL
cameras= KMRAS
leap= LAOEP
cooperate= KAOPT
detective= DEKT
listen= L-N
nightmares= NAOI/MA*IRS
finger= FIRNG
trigger= TRIRG
hypnosis= HIP/NO*EZ
leverage= LEFRJ
story= STOER
stump= STUFRP
witness= W-NS
protection= PROEX
annoying= NOIG
arrest= AR
embarrassing= KBRAGS
bribery= BROIRB
perjury= PEJ
in action= N*X
investigator= VERGT
alias= AILZ
flashback= FLARB/BA*K
David= DAIFD
janitor= JAN/TO*R
confessed= FEFD
it happened= T-PD
psych= SAOIK
already= L-RD
associate= SOERBT
promote= PROEMT
regretting= GREGT
TV= T*F
serial= SAOERL
someplace= SPLAIS
homicide= HOM
online= AONL
with it= W*T
collect= KLEKT
dinner= DIRN
hypothetically= H*PLT that
secure= SKAOUR
therapist= THAERPT
ID= AO*ID
forge= FORJ
documents= DAOUMTS
Griffin= GR*IFN
hurry= HUR
ambiance= OM/BAOE/O*NS
forward= FOARD
Alice= AL/*IS
Tim= T*IM
intervention= SB-FNGS
secret= SKRET
color= KLOR
impress= KBRES
wiggle= WIG/*L
conflict= KIKT
congratulations= GLAIGS
tabloid= TAB/LO*ID
apparently= PAERNLT
enjoy= GOI
upgrade= UPGD
pretend= PREND
popular= POP
grandma= GRAND/MA*
obnoxious= OB/NOX/SJ*US
sangria= SAN/GRAOE?A*
Spañada= SPA/NA/DA*
pretty= PRIT
ropa vieja= ROE/PA*/VAOE/HA*
mojitos= MOE/HAOE/T*OES
coffee= KO*EF
ridiculous= KAOULS
Egyptian= AOE/GIPT/SHA*N
generous= JERNS
would you like= WOUBLG
breakfast= BREFS
of course,= -FX
invite= VAOIT
royal= ROIL
specifically= SPEFL
minute= MIN
Dave= DA*IF
recreation= KRAOERGS
session= SEGS
therapy= THAERP
emptied= EMTD
do you remember= DOURM
besides= BESZ
I forgot= FORGT
girlfriend= GOIF
what happened= WHAPD
healed= HAELD
murderer= MRURD
octopuses= OKT/P*USZ
octopus= OKT/P*US
size= SAOIZ
quarter= QAERT
genes= GAOENS
de novo= DAOE/NOE/VO*E
Dr.= DR-FPLT
Carl= KA*RL
lunch= LUFP
picture= PIR
sober= SOERB
plead= PLAOED
figured= FIGD
disappointment= SPOIMT
arrogant= AR/GA*NT
body= BOED
confirm= KWIRM
attacked= TW-KD
ditches= DIFPS
solitary= SOL/TA*ER
circling= SL-G
each other= AOEFRP
creatures= KRAOEFPTS
exit= XIT
