About this presentation
Renowned graphic designer Michael Bierut claims that he's not creative. Instead, he likens his job to that of a doctor who tends to patients – "the sicker, the better." Digging into the 86 notebooks he's kept over the course of his career, Bierut walks us through 5 projects – from original conception to final execution – extracting a handful of simple lessons (e.g. the problem contains the solution; don't avoid the obvious) at the foundation of brilliant design solutions.
About Michael Bierut
Prior to joining Pentagram in 1990 as a partner in the firm's New York office, Michael Bierut worked for ten years at Vignelli Associates, ultimately as vice president of graphic design. His clients at Pentagram have included The New York Times, Saks Fifth Avenue, The Council of Fashion Designers of America, Harley-Davidson, The Minnesota Children's Museum, The William Jefferson Clinton Foundation, Mohawk Paper Mills, the New York Jets, Princeton University, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and the Morgan Library and Museum.
He has won hundreds of design awards and his work is represented in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Montreal. His commentaries about graphic design in everyday life have been heard nationally on the Public Radio International program "Studio 360" and his appearance in Helvetica: A Documentary Film is considered by many that movie's funniest moment. Michael is a co-founder of the weblog DesignObserver.com, and his book 79 Short Essays on Design was published in 2007 by Princeton Architectural Press.
How To Be Happy
How To Be Happy : The best minds in science and academia weigh in on the mystery of happiness.The best minds in science and academia weigh in on the mystery of happiness.
Step 1:
Be A Do-Gooder
Researchers caution against mistaking "pleasure" for "happiness. " Pleasure is based on external factors, and leaves one craving more, more, more. Happiness, however, is influenced less directly- even by putting off your own pleasure for the good of someone else. People who perform selfless acts of kindness, whether by volunteering for a shelter or just helping out a friend, raised their reported level of happiness.
Step 2:
Don't Sweat Decisions
The longer a choice is debated, the less happy the decider is with the outcome. Whether it's what to eat or where to live, first set your standards- the factors most important to you- then take the first option that meets them.
Step 3:
Spend Well
If you're going to splurge, do it on an experience you'll remember, not goods or gadgets. Research indicates that people often regret purchasing an expensive ITEM, but tend NOT to regret money spent on "experiences" such as dining and travel.
Step 4:
Aim High- But Not That High
Those at the pinnacle of financial success don't report significantly higher levels of happiness than the average Joe. Ask yourself if that overtime is REALLY worth it.
Step 5:
Be A Joiner
Whether it's a church choir or street dance crew, being part of a defined community group raises happiness levels.
Step 6:
Stop Dwelling
Leading psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky has found that the happiest people don't dwell on negative or ambiguous events. Furthermore, excessive introspection may sap your mental resources, making it harder for positive changes to occur. So turn off that Morrissey record and go outside.
Step 7:
Be Grateful
Several professors and scholars in this field instruct students to keep a regular journal of what they're thankful for. The results indicate that gratitude reliably increases happiness. Who knew that those greeting cards urging us to "count our blessings" were right?
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[PLOT] This is The Secret to everything - the secret to unlimited joy, health, money, relationships, love, youth: everything you have ever wanted. IMDB RATING - 5.2/10
After I saw this movie, I realized, in how many ways we were encouraged to use the secret. In many ways which I didn't realize until I saw this movie. It's taught to us since we are young. The elders encourage the young to be positive, grateful and be happy.
Whenever I say something negative, elders would say "Don't be so negative!". I don't need to be an quantum physicist or a philosopher to say, "thinking positively, just feels good!".
The secret is actually not a secret. But a novel, interesting, intriguing way to reintroduce those good habits that were taught to us when we were young. But over the time, we just ignore those good habits and start going negatively.
As one person said, just positive thinking wont bring food to the famine hit African countries. It's because they are in such a desperate state that, those people can never think of anything pleasant! Who knows, if they knew the secret, Bill Gates might just give his charity money to those people!
Romance And The Unconscious
What is the "unconscious"?
If you think of your mind as a house where you store everything, you've got your closets filled with all the stuff you've lived through and everything you've experienced and had happen to you...your subconscious, your unconscious is the basement. Thats the place where you store all the stuff you really don't want to look at. In some instances you haven't seen in so long you wouldnt recognize it as your own anymore. Its the scary basement you probably shouldn't wander on down into without a weapon of some kind. We absolutely all have an unconscious, the conscious is the stuff that we know about ourselves, the things we remember... the unconscious is the stuff that upset us so much that we sorta pushed it away where we can't see it, but it still affects us every day. THIS IS NOT PARTICULARLY TRUE.
How can my unconscious influence my romantic choices?
When we search for a partner, we don't just have conscious needs - (those things that we say we're looking for) whether it's a sense of humor, or a great personality, or whatever. There are also unconscious needs. There are things within us that we really don't recognize we need. Great example: you may have grown up nurturing your parent, and getting great satisfaction from that. If you can find someone who's very needy, you might have a wonderful relationship, because you can get that satisfaction again as an adult, even though you might not say to somebody, "I'm looking for someone who's needy".
How is it possible to examine the unconscious?
If you want to examine your unconcious, there are basically five exit doors through which your unconcious briefly makes itself conscious. Those are dreams, freudian slips, emotional over reactions, repetitive behaviors, and also symptoms.
How can my dreams help me examine my unconscious?
We all look at our dreams and say "that's crazy, it doesn't mean anything", but dreams have a wealth of information if you know to look beyond what's just happening in the dream. If you look at the plot alone it might not make that much sense, but there's so many elements. There is who's in your dream, how you relate to them, and how does that jive or not with how you relate to those people in your conscious state. Also things like what's it like in your dream; is it cold, is it warm, are you comfortable, are you uncomfortable. All of these things are elements of you and how they relate to each other and to the plot of the dream can tell you oodles (to use the technical term) about how you feel about people when you're awake.
What are "Freudian slips", and how can they help me examine my unconscious?
A Freudian slip is just a slip of the tongue, when you mean to say one thing and you say another. Freudian slips may have a lot to do with what you're unconsciously feeling about someone or something. One example was of a woman who called her boyfriend, who she really wanted to break up with, and his name is Bob, and she said, "Hello Blob," which is really not that subtle. My favorite example: my co-author had a woman come to his office complaining about problems with her "relationship", only she left that last 'P' off and put a 'T' in instead. If you do the math you can figure out it probably was her relationship that was causing her trouble.
What are "emotional overreactions", and how can they help me examine my unconscious?
We all have a dial for our emotions. If someone you know dies, you're very, very sad. If someone you've never met dies, you might register that it's a sad thing, but you probably shouldn't be inconsolable. If the death of a total stranger makes you completely inconsolable, that's an emotional overreaction. That means there's something you're anxious about that's coming out in ways that you really can't see on a conscious level. You know, a great example is- a child spills a glass of milk, and the father goes berserk. That's emotional overreaction, probably having to do with some kind of anxiety the father can't deal with.
What are "repetitive behavior patterns", and how can they help me examine my unconscious?
Repetitive behavior patterns are those things that we all do over and over again. Basically, the things we make New Year's resolutions about; the things we want to stop doing, but can't seem to stop doing. Well, there are unconscious reasons we can't stop doing them, and if you look at specifically what it is you do over and over again that you wish you didn't, that can give you some clues as to what's in the unconscious.
Don't think you can manage your life in one minute? You can - and VideoJug will show you how. Just watch! Step 1: To Do Make a to do list. Put everything on it you need to do today. Appointments, tasks, deadlines, and even fun stuff, like the movies. Step 2: Prioritize Now look at your list and rank it. What HAS to be done today? What can be pushed off? Keep in mind hours of business, traffic, what's near where, and non-negotiable deadlines. Strategize! Step 3: Delegate What can someone ELSE do for you? Ask the babysitter to get stamps. Pay someone to clean your house. Get your partner to handle the bills this month. Step 4: Wiggle Room Even the best plans may not work out. If something changes, go with the flow. You can always reschedule.
Great Quotes
Finding Joy
Finish Strong
Goals
The Strangest Secret 
The Dash
212 Degrees 
After I saw this movie, I realized, in how many ways we were encouraged to use the secret. In many ways which I didn't realize until I saw this movie. It's taught to us since we are young. The elders encourage the young to be positive, grateful and be happy.
Whenever I say something negative, elders would say "Don't be so negative!". I don't need to be an quantum physicist or a philosopher to say, "thinking positively, just feels good!".
The secret is actually not a secret. But a novel, interesting, intriguing way to reintroduce those good habits that were taught to us when we were young. But over the time, we just ignore those good habits and start going negatively.
As one person said, just positive thinking wont bring food to the famine hit African countries. It's because they are in such a desperate state that, those people can never think of anything pleasant! Who knows, if they knew the secret, Bill Gates might just give his charity money to those people!