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Becoming Yourself

Kimberly A. Barchard

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Teaching Climate Change during Statistics

Presented by:

Kimberly A. Barchard

April 28, 2023

Thursday, April 27, 2023

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Becoming Yourself

Who are you and what do you want to do?

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You are

  • unique
  • growing and changing
  • in the process of becoming yourself

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You can choose who you will be

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Overview

  • Nothing is wasted
  • Identify important
  • Design a good week
  • Truly try

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Nothing is Wasted

Sometimes students tell me

they don’t want to waste the courses they have taken

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Nothing is wasted:

Things we have done and learned are part of who we are

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Nothing is Wasted

climber

swing dancer

cyclist

poet

trombonist

singer

teacher

writer

dog owner

psychologist

statistician

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Nothing is Wasted

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I am a climber.

I am a climber?

I used to be a climber.

I am a climber.

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Nothing is Wasted

Age

Less than 18

18 – 25

26 – 35

36 – 45

46 – 55

More than 55

Age

20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55

80

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60

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40

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20

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0

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Y

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Nothing is Wasted

Kim

Censored

Data

Rock

Climbing

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Nothing is Wasted

climber

swing dancer

cyclist

poet

trombonist

singer

teacher

writer

dog owner

psychologist

statistician

swing dancer

cyclist

climber

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Nothing is Wasted

linguistics

acting

math

physics

education

statistics

computer science

psychology

sociology

linguistics

computer

science

psychology

statistics

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Nothing is Wasted

linguistics

acting

math

physics

education

statistics

computer science

psychology

sociology

climber

swing dancer

cyclist

poet

trombonist

singer

teacher

writer

dog owner

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Nothing is Wasted

You are unique.

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Three ways you differ from most people with your major or job title:

1.

2.

3.

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Homework

Assignment

Grading

Exam

Discussion

Website

Blog

Class

Quiz

Feedback

Article

Chapter

Write

Presentation

Figure

Analyze

Graph

Read

Mentor

Committee

Organize

Children

Spouse

Housework

Cleaning

Groceries

Cook

Pets

Exercise

Yoga

Meditate

Soccer

Plants

Advocate

Research

Appointment

Facebook

TV

Shopping

Twitter

Email

YouTube

Friends

Dance

Phone

Sale

Family

Eat

Sleep

Read

Instagram

Work

Laundry

Flow

Climate

Walk

Schedule

Meeting

Teach

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Homework

Assignment

Grading

Exam

Discussion

Website

Blog

Class

Quiz

Feedback

Article

Chapter

Write

Presentation

Figure

Analyze

Graph

Read

Mentor

Committee

Organize

Children

Spouse

Housework

Cleaning

Groceries

Cook

Pets

Exercise

Yoga

Meditate

Soccer

Plants

Advocate

Research

Appointment

Facebook

TV

Shopping

Twitter

Email

YouTube

Friends

Dance

Phone

Sale

Family

Eat

Sleep

Read

Instagram

Work

Laundry

Flow

Climate

Walk

Schedule

Meeting

Teach

Email

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Connected to our personal values and goals

Short deadlines

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Connected to our personal values and goals

Long deadlines

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Mostly, what is important is not urgent.

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What’s important but not urgent for YOU?

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How can you make sure this task happens?

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Design a Good Week�Goal: Spend time on what’s important

“If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” -- Proverb

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Three steps:

  1. Plan time for what’s important
  2. Revise schedule
  3. Be flexible

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Design a Good Week�Step 1: Plan time for what’s important

Designing your week

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Design a Good Week�Step 1: Plan time for what’s important

Designing your week

  • What’s most important?
  • What activities are fixed?
  • How long are activities?
  • How transition?

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Design a Good Week�Step 2: Revise your schedule

Regular schedule

  • Every semester
  • New Year’s Day
  • Your birthday
  • Each season

Goals change

  • Need more money
  • Graduate school
  • More time with family

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Design a Good Week�Step 2: Revise your schedule

Regular schedule

When it isn’t working

  • Too many appointments
  • Too little transition time
  • Some activities take longer
  • Tired or stressed
  • Every semester
  • New Year’s Day
  • Your birthday
  • Each season

Goals change

  • Need more money
  • Graduate school
  • More time with family

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Design a Good Week�Step 2: Revise your schedule

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Design a Good Week�Step 2: Revise your schedule

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Design a Good Week�Step 3: Be Flexible

Work

  • Dissertation defense
  • Guest lecturer
  • Job candidate visit
  • Bylaws committee: 1st Thursday
  • College meeting: semi-yearly

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Personal

  • Out-of-town guest
  • Lunch with Mom
  • Holiday party
  • Swimming on a sunny day
  • Parade counsel: 2nd Saturday

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Don’t steal time Trade it

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Design a Good Week�Step 3: Be Flexible

Don’t steal time Trade it

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Design a Good Week�Step 3: Be Flexible

Don’t steal time Trade it

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Design a Good Week�Step 3: Be Flexible

Don’t steal time Trade it

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Design a Good Week�Step 3: Be Flexible

Don’t steal time Trade it

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Design a Good Week�

Three steps:

  1. Plan time for what’s important
  2. Revise schedule whenever it isn’t working
  3. Be flexible for one-time and irregular opportunities

Choose how to trade your time

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Design a Good Week�

  • In your current schedule, what do you want to change?

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  • Next semester, what do you want to spend more time on?

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  • How could you make that happen?

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Truly Try

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When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action. When you [desire] a consequence you had damned well better take the action that would create it.

-- Lois McMaster Bujold

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Truly Try

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Static

Dynamic

Balance

Flexibility Precision

Athleticism Coordination Strength

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Truly Try

Better to

Ameliorate weaknesses

Than to

Hone strengths

To improve, it is

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Truly Try

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Truly Try

Tried over and over

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I wasn’t really trying

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Truly Try

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Truly Try

If I want

  • a PhD or promotion?
  • to feel healthy and energetic?
  • a well-behaved dog?

Many of my goals are hard.

To have any chance of success, I need to truly try.

When you [desire] a consequence you had damned well better take the action that would create it.

-- Lois McMaster Bujold

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Truly Try

Sometimes I notice I’m not truly trying.

  • Do I want that goal?
  • Then truly try.

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Truly Try

What’s something you said you wanted to do, but you haven’t been truly trying?

How else would you like to spend that time?

How can you make it happen?

What actions do you need to take?

Is it important to you?

[2 minutes]

yes

no

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Becoming Yourself

Who are you and how you want to spend your time?

  • Nothing is wasted

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  • Identify important
  • Design a good week
  • Truly try

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Resources

Books:

  • Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport
  • Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked by Adam Alter
  • Atomic Habits by James Clear
  • The Jackrabbit Factor by Leslie Householder and Trevan Householder
  • Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Websites:

  • Frank, T. (April 21, 2018). Timeboxing: Elon Musk’s time management method. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbAYK4KQrso
  • Wanderlust Worker (n.d.). Timeboxing: How Elon Musk gets more done in less time. https://www.wanderlustworker.com/timeboxing-how-elon-musk-gets-more-done-in-less-time/
  • Simon Fraser University Library (October 11, 2016). Creating a master weekly schedule. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29oN50olk6g

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Questions?�

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