Tag Archives: Learning

To Teach Well, Learn from Students

Posted on 29 March 2022 by Wayne Cook

In education, learning is important for all involved. To teach well, I need to learn from my students. This is just as important as my students learning from me. Continue reading →

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Make a Choice

Posted on 17 August 2018 by Wayne Cook

When we are young, we too often think that life will go on forever. It will not. People age. We each have choices we are given once. Keeping our options open only means we are making a choice. And often, … Continue reading →

Posted in Attitude, Becoming, Do, Fulfilling Life, Goals, Health and Wellness, Mentor, Planning, Self-Worth, Serving, Uncategorized | Tagged abundance, attitude, Choose, knowledge, Learning, Life Choice, Opportunity, People, positive attitude, Self-Worth, what do I do now | Comments Off

Abraham Lincoln, Edward Coles, Paul McCartney, and Chris Pratt

Posted on 2 July 2018 by Wayne Cook

This may be an unusual collection of people, but by the end of the article, I hope I have tied the four together. I have been thinking about the best path to the future for me. I love teaching and … Continue reading →

Posted in Attitude, Becoming, Do, Fulfilling Life, older Americans, Self-Worth, Serving, Uncategorized | Tagged attitude, Become, Choose, Gratitude, knowledge, Learning, positive attitude | 2 Comments

Be the Author of Your Own Life

Posted on 18 June 2018 by Wayne Cook

We are the author of our own lives. How will we live to our fullest? None of us knows what is going to happen in the future. We may plan and we may have a good idea especially if we … Continue reading →

Posted in Attitude, Becoming, Do, Financial Health, Fulfilling Life, Goals, Health and Wellness, I Am, Mentor, Network Marketing, Planning, Self-Worth, Serving, Thinking | Tagged abundance, attitude, Becoming, Choose, Gratitude, health and wellness, knowledge, Learning, Opportunity, positive attitude, Prosperity, Self-Worth, Service | 2 Comments

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

Posted on 13 March 2018 by Wayne Cook

Angela Lee Duckworth was the person who came up with the term Grit after teaching seventh grade math. Her experience was that the students who could grasp the material were the ones who worked hard at understanding the material. IQ, … Continue reading →

Posted in Do, Planning, Self-Worth, Serving, Uncategorized | Tagged Achievement, baseball, basketball, Education, effort, Grit, Learning, Passion, Perseverance, Purpose, skill, talent | 10 Comments

Should I learn how to code or learn another language?

Posted on 3 December 2017 by Wayne Cook

I have been working with software development since I was a junior in high school. I have used at least twenty-five languages for various projects. I can take my coding skills from language to language (at least in groups of … Continue reading →

Posted in Code Reviews, Computers, Software | Tagged careers, Choose, Computers, Education, Learning, Opportunity, software, software engineering | Comments Off

Gemba – Designing for the Person – Scrum

Posted on 19 July 2017 by Wayne Cook

Gemba is an interesting process for management introduced by the Japanese. In Japanese, it is often pronounced “Genda” and written 現場. Gemba means “the real place.” Its goal is to see how work is done and tools are used, then … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile Methodology, Attitude, Computers, Gemba, Health and Wellness, Medications, Planning, SCRUM, SCRUM Methodology, Uncategorized | Tagged Agile, Choose, Education, Gemba, Health, health and wellness, knowledge, Learning, Service, software engineering, wellness | Comments Off

Do Until You Become

Posted on 15 July 2017 by Wayne Cook

I went to a meeting of TEC-P (Technology Employment in Colorado Partnership) in Denver on Thursday. It was a fascinating meeting that started off with a TED talk on Body Language by Amy Cuddy. We have viewed Body Language as … Continue reading →

Posted in Attitude, Becoming, Body Language, Direct Sales, Do, Fulfilling Life, Goals, Health and Wellness, Mentor, Network Marketing, Northern Colorado, Planning, Self-Worth, Serving, Thinking, Uncategorized | Tagged attitude, Become, Becoming, Benefit, Body Language, Choose, Do, Education, Gratitude, health and wellness, knowledge, Learning, Opportunity, positive attitude, Prosperity, Service, wellness, what do I do now | 2 Comments

Are all Experienced Engineers Rude and New Engineers Obnoxious

Posted on 27 March 2017 by Wayne Cook

This was written in response on Quora asking if all experienced engineers rude. In many respects, it is written as a letter to new engineers just coming out of school. I have been producing software for many years. Most new … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile Methodology, Attitude, Code Reviews, Computers, Fulfilling Life, Goals, SCRUM, Software | Tagged abundance, Agile, attitude, changing job market, Computers, Gratitude, Learning, Opportunity, positive attitude, software engineering | Comments Off

Agile Manifesto

Posted on 14 March 2017 by Wayne Cook

It is best to understand a little history behind the Agile Manifesto to comprehend what the intention of the seventeen authors of the original manifesto was. My link to one of the authors goes back to when I worked at … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile Methodology, Attitude, Code Reviews, Computers, Goals, SCRUM, SCRUM Methodology, Self-Worth, Serving, Software, Uncategorized | Tagged Agile, attitude, Choose, Computers, Education, knowledge, Learning, Methodology, Opportunity, positive attitude, SCRUM, Scrum Sprint, Scrum Story | 11 Comments

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