Stephen Covey’s First Things First describes the need for setting priorities in our life as a precaution to face challenging situations well beforehand and survive crisis situations. It beautifully discusses the history of time management and how it failed to manage every aspect of life before.
I finished this book in one sitting and was amazed to see how well-researched it is. I myself learned it a hard way to manage a to-do list and set priorities in my life. Even though I don’t have practice to discipline myself yet, as I started to work on this idea recently, I wish to keep trying hard to learn how to spend 16 hours a day in some profitable activities.
My to-do list for today was:
- Assignment (5 Major Causes of Violence in Karachi)
- Ziauddin Medical Hospital to take an appointment with Dr Ejaz Vohra for my mother
- Short Hand exercise
- MJR–MENSA Journal of Research
- Email to Mr Sohail Iqbal for research on Intelligence
- Search researches and researchers in international unverisites related to Intelligence and forward that to Mr Sohail Iqbal for feedback
- Mouth-wash
- Sleep at 10:00pm sharp
- Diary
- Sentence-analysis practice
So far, I succeeded in finishing only 2, 3, 10 and now 9. 40% success rate. God willing, tomorrow I’ll achieve the target of finishing all 10 (I’ve decided to limit the number of tasks to 10 but not less than 10 either).
I’ve started reading about memory in MENSA International Journal which I luckily succeeded in keeping with me after I severed relations with idiot-turned-fundo Hasan Zuberi, who made himself Chairman of MENSA Pakistan and assumes he is the smartest guy in somnolent members of MENSA Pakistan. He has a big role indeed of turning MENSA into MENSA Pakistan. I hate this guy, who wants to befool the world with flowing beard, claims reimbursments from the account of MENSA Pakistan each time he travels or issues substandard MENSA magazine, or charges testing and enjoys the revenue with food and a mean look on his face. Bloody maulvi face.
So, I was telling you that I read some good researches on memory in the journal. Published by MENSA Education & Research Foundation and MENSA International, Ltd, MENSA Research Journal of Winter 2005 (Vol. 36, No.1) included research articles related to memory.
The title cover designed by MRJ Art Design Editor, Brenda Lewis, very intelligently depicted the interconnection between input, output and physical functions. The blue oval repesents an input gate, through which sensory input (sound, sight, smell and so on) travels through memory to an output gate, represented by yellow oval, and is translated into physical functions (crying, blinking, jumping and so on). The journal has an interesting article on the effects of pharmacological intervention on improving the memory to remember information and facts for a normal person.
I tried to study this journal on the way to the hospital in the bus. It was so hot. The sun beat down on my head and I was perspiring profusely. (Thomas A Edison was right. Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety- nine percent perspiration.)
The rest of the day was not unusual. GOOD NIGHT!
