Genius Hour Day 6

02-27-2017

          Today for my genius hour I decided to do something different and watch a Ted talk "The Battle Between Your Present and Future Self." By: Daniel Goldstein. I wanted to watch the talk in order to allow me to hear views of the self in order to help me develop my notes to self. I have learnt that there are two selves within a person and because of that, the research I found on having a balance of positive and negative notes is beneficial in order to reach and grow within the two selves. These notes allow me to commit to something I enjoy and/or did not like in my day in order to change things to achieve my goals and grow on the positive things that are guiding me to my goal.

Goldstein, D. (2011). The battle between your present and future self. Retrieved from: https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_goldstein_the_battle_between_your_present_and_future_self

 

          For my next genius hour research, I will try to go in this process of writing something good that is allowing me to reach my goal and something that I should work on that is inhibiting my future self. I realized that writing both positive and negative notes are good; however, when thinking back to my notes, I am constantly focusing on the negative. For my next research I wish to research how to focus on positive, rather than negative.