The Prisoner Workout

Stand out from the 99%

1. Be a purple cow. Old ways are not enough.
2. Networking. Use your distant links.
3. Storytelling. Tell an awesome story. 

Green Berets

De oppresso liber

The 10 Principles of Burning Man

Burning Man co-founder Larry Harvey wrote the 10 Principles in 2004 as guidelines for the newly-formed Regional Network. They were crafted not as a dictate of how people should be and act, but as a reflection of the community’s ethos and culture as it had organically developed since the event’s inception.

1. Radical Inclusion. Anyone may be a part of Burning Man. We welcome and respect the stranger. No prerequisites exist for participation in our community.
2. Gifting. Burning Man is devoted to acts of gift giving. The value of a gift is unconditional. Gifting does not contemplate a return or an exchange for something of equal value.
3. Decommodification. In order to preserve the spirit of gifting, our community seeks to create social environments that are unmediated by commercial sponsorships, transactions, or advertising. We stand ready to protect our culture from such exploitation. We resist the substitution of consumption for participatory experience.
4. Radical Self-reliance. Burning Man encourages the individual to discover, exercise and rely on their inner resources.
5. Radical Self-expression. Radical self-expression arises from the unique gifts of the individual. No one other than the individual or a collaborating group can determine its content. It is offered as a gift to others. In this spirit, the giver should respect the rights and liberties of the recipient.
6. Communal Effort. Our community values creative cooperation and collaboration. We strive to produce, promote and protect social networks, public spaces, works of art, and methods of communication that support such interaction.
7. Civic Responsibility. We value civil society. Community members who organize events should assume responsibility for public welfare and endeavor to communicate civic responsibilities to participants. They must also assume responsibility for conducting events in accordance with local, state and federal laws.
8. Leaving No Trace. Our community respects the environment. We are committed to leaving no physical trace of our activities wherever we gather. We clean up after ourselves and endeavor, whenever possible, to leave such places in a better state than when we found them.
9. Participation. Our community is committed to a radically participatory ethic. We believe that transformative change, whether in the individual or in society, can occur only through the medium of deeply personal participation. We achieve being through doing. Everyone is invited to work. Everyone is invited to play. We make the world real through actions that open the heart.
10. Immediacy. Immediate experience is, in many ways, the most important touchstone of value in our culture. We seek to overcome barriers that stand between us and a recognition of our inner selves, the reality of those around us, participation in society, and contact with a natural world exceeding human powers. No idea can substitute for this experience.

Three Laws of Robotics

1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.

In "The Evitable Conflict" the machines generalize the First Law to mean:

• No machine may harm humanity; or, through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.

This was refined in the end of Foundation and Earth, a zeroth law was introduced, with the original three suitably rewritten as subordinate to it:

• A robot may not injure humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.

Marine Corps Physical Fitness Test

Age 41+

• Pull-ups. 5 to 20 repetitions.
• Push-ups. 30 to 72 repetitions.
• Planks. 1:10 to 4:20 minutes.
• 3 mile-run. 30 to 19 minutes.

Decálogo Judicial

Ignacio Burgoa Orihuela.

Conjunto de máximas que involucran las condiciones inherentes al tipo ideal de juez, magistrado o ministro de la Suprema Corte de carácter intelectual, ético, cívico y humano.

• Primera: Todo juzgador debe tender a ser un jurisprudente por el estudio permanente del Derecho, pues sería absurdo que fuese un “juris ignorans".
• Segunda: Todo juzgador debe ser un intérprete de la ley escrita cuando sus prescripciones no sean claras y precisas, para estar en la posibilidad de actuar con apoyo al principio "secundum leges".
• Tercera: Todo juzgador debe analizar exhaustivamente los casos concretos en que tenga que emitir su fallo, observando el principio “Quod non est in autis, non est in mundo".
• Cuarta: Todo juzgador debe ser honrado en cuanto que nunca, jamás, debe recibir soborno alguno.
• Quinta: Todo juzgador debe ser honesto no sólo en el desempeño de su cargo sino en todos los actos de su conducta.
• Sexta: Todo juzgador debe ser imparcial sin inclinarse en favor de ninguna de las partes.
• Séptima: Todo juzgador debe ser independiente en cuanto a su actuación judicial.
• Octava: Todo juzgador debe tener dignidad y valor civil, no sólo para dictar sus fallos sino para ordenar su ejecución.
• Novena: Todo juzgador debe amar su función para servir mejor a la sociedad.
• Décima: Todo juzgador tiene el deber moral de renunciar a su encargo cuando se le pretenda obligar, por cualquier presión política, a dictar sus resoluciones en el sentido contrario a sus convicciones.

Out of your box

Anthony Bourdain said: “Eat at a local restaurant tonight. Get the cream sauce. Have a cold pint at 4 o’clock in a mostly empty bar. Go somewhere you’ve never been. Listen to someone you think may have nothing in common with you. Order the steak rare. Eat an oyster. Have a negroni. Have two. Be open to a world where you may not understand or agree with the person next to you, but have a drink with them anyway. Eat slowly. Tip your server. Check in on your friends. Check in on yourself. Enjoy the ride.”

Nobel disease

• Nobel disease or Nobelitis is an informal term for the embrace of strange or scientifically unsound ideas by some Nobel Prize winners, usually later in life. 
• It has been argued that the effect results, in part, from a tendency for Nobel winners to feel empowered by the award to speak on topics outside their specific area of expertise, although it is unknown whether Nobel Prize winners are more prone to this tendency than other individuals.
• Paul Nurse, co-winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, warned later laureates against "believing you are expert in almost everything, and being prepared to express opinions about most issues with great confidence, sheltering behind the authority that the Nobel Prize can give you".

Sesgo de confirmación

1. Tendencia a buscar, recordar e interpretar información de formas que afirmen nuestras preconcepciones. Damos más valor a las opiniones o argumentos que refuerzan nuestras creencias y rechazamos aquellas que las contradicen. Buscamos y procesamos la información de manera que refuerce nuestras creencias preestablecidas. Falla en la percepción de la realidad. 
2. Descrito en 1960 por el psicólogo Peter Cathcart Watson.
3. Proceso no intencional. Ubicuo. A menudo transmitido en el medio en que nos desenvolvemos. Repetición frecuente.
4. Ser conscientes de este sesgo. Generar activamente espacios de reflexión donde nuestras certezas sean cuestionadas. Para combatir el sesgo de confirmación busca evidencias que contradigan tus creencias y observa si éstas se sostienen.

Cómo escapar de arenas movedizas

1. No te apaniques. Mantén la calma. Debido a que tu cuerpo es menos denso que la arena movediza, no te puedes hundir por completo, a menos que entres en pánico y luches demasiado o que te hundas por algo pesado.
2. No pidas que te saquen. Solo podrán liberar tu mitad superior ya que la presión requerida para sacarte es la misma fuerza que necesitas para levantar un coche pequeño.
3. Libérate de cualquier peso extra que puedas. 
4. Intenta hacer pequeños movimientos hacia adelante y hacia atrás con las piernas, lo que debería aflojar la arena a tu alrededor. Deshazte de los zapatos si es necesario.
5. Si no estás muy hundido, prueba a tumbarte boca arriba. Cuanto más distribuyas tu peso por la superficie, más difícil resultará que te hundas. Una vez estés recostado, trata de sacar primero una pierna y después la otra, pero muy lentamente. 
6. Otra opción en lugar de tumbarte de espaldas es  —si tienes acceso a un terreno más firme— inclinarte hacia delante y arrastrarte para liberarte mientras das suaves patadas con las piernas.
7. Una vez en tierra firme, aléjate de las arenas movedizas rodando y habrás salido de la pegajosa situación.
8. Finalmente, nunca entres en territorio de arenas movedizas sin un palo o una pértiga. Te permite explorar donde vas a pisar y si ya estás adentro, puedes apoyar la pértiga en la superficie de las arenas movedizas, aliviar tu peso y salir lentamente.

The James Bond Workout

From Russia with love (1957). 20 reps series:

1. Slow push ups
2. Straight leg lifts
3. Toe touches
4. Chair dips
5. Deep breathing
6. James Bond shower

Skills All Top Restaurant Waitresses Must Have!

1. Conflict resolution skills. Hability to defuse heated scenarios and remain calm and composed before a hostile customer.
2. Multi-tasking in a fast paced environment. Keep track of all requests and fulfill them in a sensible order.
3. Teamwork skills. Knowing to effectively delegate when there's too much on your plate and help others when needed.
4. A good memory. Your diner's wishes and to recall lots of menu items.
5. Invigorating personality. Exuding enthusiasm and bring energy to the table.

Resol'nare

The Six Tenets of the Resol'nare, the honor code of the Mandalorians:

1. Wear always your traditional armor.
2. Speak Mando'a, the mandalorian language.
3. Defend yourself and your family.
4. Raise your children as Mandalorians.
5. Contribute to your clan's welfare.
6. Answer the Mandalore's call to action.

3 Techniques Obama Uses that will Elevate Your Speech

1. Anaphora. Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
2. Epizeuxis. Repetition of a word or phrase in immediate succession, typically within the same sentence, for vehemence or emphasis.
3. Parellelism. Repetition of grammatical structures in a piece of writing to create a harmonious effect.
4. Antithesis. opposition or contrast of ideas.
5. Chiasmus. Repetition in reversal order of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses.
6. Juxtaposition. Placing two things close together or side by side to compare or contrast them, or to show similarities or differences.
7. Isocolon. Succession of phrases, clauses, or sentences of approximately equal length and corresponding structure.

Lead like a Rolling Stone

On the eve of their first North American tour in four years, a tour projected to make 100s of millions in revenue for the band, the Stones abruptly announced they were postponing the tour. It wasn’t long before rumors began to spread, it was Jagger’s health. Within days, the official announcement was given. Jagger, age 75, was to undergo a heart valve replacement. Fans around the world were on pins and needles waiting for word. Soon, a picture of Mick walking in the garden a few days post-op appeared. Then the rescheduling of the tour was announced. But the world wondered, on stage, in front of thousands, for hours on end, could he still move like Jagger? Finally, opening night. Chicago. 61,000 fans. Jagger didn’t wait long, shortly into their first number, he pranced the stage and the runway. You could almost see the sense of relief on the faces of the Stones. Charlie’s grin said it all: “He’s OK, we are OK.”

When the tour was postponed, Jagger himself took to Facebook to apologize to fans: “I’m so sorry to all our fans in America. I really hate letting you down like this. I’m devastated for having to postpone the tour but I will be working very hard to be back on stage as soon as I can. Once again, huge apologies to everyone.”

Here there are some lessons in leadership we can take from the Rolling Stones front-man:

1. Resiliency: The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. No better example of resiliency than a 75 year-old performing like a 30 year-old 3 months post-op. As leaders, we must be resilient. Our teams are watching us. We have to lead through the successes and setbacks. How we react will serve as a model for our followers. It’s not about ignoring adversity and hoping it goes away. It is about acknowledging it and attacking it head on. 
2. Empathy: The ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Just re-read his post made shortly after the postponement. I’m so sorry… hate letting you down… devastated. He understood our feelings, he made us feel like he was sharing tem. For a leader, empathy is a critical skill. Those around us want to know that we feel what they feel, that we understand the challenges they face, that we are in those challenges with them, side-by-side. 
3. Communication: Ready to talk or impart information. Jagger and his team took us through the journey. The announcement, the apology, and the progress. They shared the why, the plan, the process, and the outcome. The old adage “Communicate early and often” is truer today than ever before. It builds trust. It creates confidence. It develops understanding. Communication is not a one and done. Leaders who master the art of effective communication will be able to lead their followers through adversity. 
4. Committment: Feeling dedication and loyalty to a cause; wholeheartedly dedicated. The Stones could have cancelled the tour altogether. Jagger could have said I’m done. It’s not worth it. After all, they’ve been doing it for over 50 years. They showed commitment and dedication to their craft, to their love of music and to their fans. Commitment to the vision and to the mission, is vital. If we move on no matter what, our teams will follow. 

There it is. Stick with him. Move like Jagger!

10 consejos para mejorar tu oratoria

1. Apasiónate. Conoce el tema.
2. Practica. Repetición. Memoria muscular.
3. Simplifica tu Lenguaje. Lenguaje no técnico. Usa ejemplos.
4. Improvisa. No leas tu discurso. Conexión visual.
5. Conciso. No hables de más. El objetivo es comunicar con eficiencia.
6. Naturalidad. No impostes la voz.
7. Lenguaje corporal. Utiliza gestos para acompañar tus mensajes.
8. Muévete. Prestancia. Manejo de escenario.
9. Espontaneidad. Interactúa.
10. Termina con fuerza. Con lo último que se queda tu público.

11 museos imprescindibles en la CDMX

1. Museo Nacional de Antropología*****
2. Museo Soumaya***
3. Museo Frida Kahlo**
4. Museo del Templo Mayor**
5. Museo Memoria y Tolerancia**
6. Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo**
7. Museo de Arte Moderno**
8. Museo Nacional de Historia*
9. Palacio de Bellas Artes*
10. Museo Nacional de San Carlos*
11. Museo Nacional de Arte*

What Makes a Great Leader?

Linda A. Hill

When organizations can’t innovate, it’s because they don’t have the right leadership.

• From setting direction and strategy to vision to shaping culture and capabilities.
• The new ABCs of leadership: Architect, Bridger, and Catalyst
• A: Architect: Build your company’s culture and capabilities for innovation. How to experiment to learn together. Unleash, leverage and harness talents for the collective good.
• B: Bridger: Forge partnerships outside your organization. Forge partnerships outside your organization. 
• C: Catalyst: Accelerate co-creation across the entire ecosystem. 
• Real-world example: Pfizer turns vendors into partners. 
• These roles require new ways of thinking about power. Let go of formal authority. Mutual trust, mutual influence, mutual commitment. 

You cannot tell people to innovate, you can only invite them to. Its a voluntary act.

How to show confidence

Joe Navarro.

1.  Traits of confident people. Posture, walking, eye contact, in charge of time.
2.  Modeling confidence. I became Cary Grant. Adopted the behaviours you want.
3.  Behaviours. 
4.  Intonation. 
• Uptalk. Interrogative intonation at the end in a declarative sentence.
5.  Cadence. 
6.  Nonverbals. 
7.  Public speaking. 

Leaders eat last

—Conan, ¿irás con nosotros para el festejo?

—Iré cuando termine de quitar los arreos.

—Tú debes ser un soldado. Cuidas a tu caballo antes de pensar en comer.

How to get people to listen to you

Harvard Business Review.

1. Listen well. Active engaged listening.
2. Lay the groundwork. Encourage your counterparts to focus. "I'd like your full attention". Build relationships with people around you. 
3. Pay attention to your words. Attention is the most important currency anyone can give you. Keep it simple, clear, direct and neutral.
• Being heard in a heated situation:
1. Own your perspective by starting with "I" rather than "you".
2. Don't apologize for your feelings.
3. Use "and" instead of "but".
4. Use hypotheticals.
5. Ben Parr: Repetition. Repeat the message.
4. If needed, change the tenor of the conversation. If heated, don't panic, pause and take a step back.
5. Watch body language. Yours and your counterpart's.
• Nonverbal ways  to communicate confidence:
1. How is your posture? Are you standing tall or slouching?
2. Do you make eye contact or avoid it?
3. What are you doing with your eyes, shoulders, hands?
4. Are you speaking clearly, calmly and audible?
5. How do you take up space?
6. Managers, be aware of your biases. Extroverts and introverts.

8 ejercicios para mayores de 40

Lebe Stark. Grow Muscle. 

1. Kettle Bell Swing.
2. Planks. Planchas.
3. Burpees.
4. Dips.
5. Sentadillas. Squats.
6. Push ups. Press ups. Flexiones. Lagartijas.
7. Pull ups. Hangings. Colgadas. Dominadas.
8. Correr en el lugar. Jogging on the spot. Running in the place.
9. Yoga.
10. Lunges. Desplantes. Zancadas. Avances.
11. Puentes. Hip thrusts.
12. Farmer's walk.

12 Everyday Habits That Make You Smarter

TopThink

1. Meditation. Increases IQ.
2. High exposed method. New information.
3. Neurons. Reading. Cardio. 
4. Knowledge. Question everything.
5. Mastery. Try to teach it to another person.
6. Contagion. Proximity.
7. Reflective writing. Keep a diary. 
8. Distractions. Challenging hobbies.
9. Music. Play an instrument.
10. Read. Change your brain.
11. Devices. Step away as much as you can.
12. Imagination. Be creative and innovative.

Straight A's at Yale

Aimee Catherine

1. General study tips. Plan study sessions in advance. Set realistic goals. Schedule study blocks. Be aware of your deadlines. Start days in advance. Take breaks. Clean study spots. 
2. Tests. Rewrite your notes. Understand, not memorize. 
3. Essays. Do an outline. Revise. Again. 
4. Readings. Flag the quotes.