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Convergent Thinkers vs. Divergent Thinkers: Is One Better Than the Other?

verybody is capable of both convergent and divergent thinking, depending on the situation. However, it’s natural to lean more toward one or the other when approaching problems and projects.

“Some people have a natural preference for divergent thinking. They are the people in organizations who love to come up with new ideas,” says Manning, “They are also the people who are most useful when solving daunting, complex challenges because they are more likely to articulate ideas that are new and useful.”

The real issue lies in becoming too reliant on one method of thinking. “Too much divergent thinking can lead to endless ideation and no solutions. Too much convergent thinking can lead to no new ideas and ‘analysis paralysis,’”

Project Management and the Lure of Convergent Thinking
That’s a trap that project management professionals—who are notoriously married to their plans and processes—can fall into easily.

Let’s break this all down with some examples. Divergent thinking starts with an objective—perhaps you need to generate 1,000 new leads within a month. You start by brainstorming creative ideas and solutions to satisfy that goal: happy hours with famous speakers, direct mailers including $100 gift cards, a man in a gorilla suit on the corner of Times Square.

From there, you move into evaluating those options and settling on the one(s) that works best. This is an example of convergent thinking.

Let's continue later today on this topic and explore it further. See you soon.

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New Year Greetings(special program)

Let’s learn how to order your favorite drink in a Korean café.
You’ll practice polite phrases such as “아메리카노 주세요” (Americano, please) and “얼음 많이 넣어주세요” (Please add more ice).

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Episode 7: Ordering Coffee in Korean

Vol.101 セイさんと横浜物語　カップヌードル博物館

カップラーメンが好きですか？

よく食べますか？

どんな印象でしたか？

セイさんが中国で食べていたインスタント麺がありましたか？

安藤百福の経歴について

自分のカップヌードルが作れる

食堂で世界の麺料理が食べられる


您喜欢吃杯面吗？

您经常吃吗？

您对它的印象如何？

盛在中国吃过方便面吗？

关于安藤百福的事业

您可以自己制作杯面

您可以在食堂吃到世界各地的面条美食



[単語など]

ひんど　頻度

ソーセージ

こだわり

とんこつ　豚骨

いりぐち　入口

しょうひん　商品

ふるさと　故郷

あんどうももふく　安藤百福

はくしゅ　拍手

ようき　容器

かんめん　乾麺

トマトチリ

たしか　確か

キムチ

ぎゅうにく　牛肉

ひも　紐

しょくどう　食堂

からいたべもの　辛い食べ物

せんたくし　選択肢

まとめ

あかれんが　赤レンガ

ちゅうかがい　中華街






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Vol.101 セイさんと横浜物語　カップヌードル博物館

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Amrutham 

Short Story on Presence of mind  

En este episodio te comparto algunas técnicas de memorización que seguramente te servirán en tu aprendizaje de idiomas.  
Cuéntame en los comentarios cual te ha funcionado mejor a ti.

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Técnicas de memorización 

Today we're talking about the words success, succeed, and successful. We're discussing some common mistakes and how we use the different forms of this word.

Don't forget that I'm a full time English coach and tutor, right here on iTalki. So if you use English as a second language at work and you'd like to improve your professional communication skills then feel free to book some of my time and let's get to work!

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In this episode we will talk about 【Losing weight】, you will learn how to say 【be on a diet, energy intake】 ect.
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It is recommended that you study in the following ways:
1st time: listen without looking at the text.
2nd time: look at the text and write down the new words, later look up the dictionary. 
3rd time: listen again without looking at the text.
4th time: repeat after it without looking at the text.
大家好，我是Yuli。欢迎收听我的播客。
今天想和大家聊一聊【减肥】的话题。
说起减肥，我算是个资深的减肥专家了。我从初中开始就开启我的减肥之路，试过各种方法：节食、运动、甚至是吃减肥药。直到这几年，我才开始意识到，不应该盲目减肥。我看回以前的照片，其实一点儿也不胖。按照BMI的标准，我甚至是体重偏轻。我对身材的焦虑都是受外界的声音以及一些扭曲的审美影响。现在我对身体的唯一要求就是健康，再也不把“减肥”两个字挂在嘴边了。
我经常听到身边的朋友说要减肥，不能吃太多，有的甚至晚饭都不吃。那么不吃晚饭真的能瘦吗？我们来听听专家的看法吧。
很多人呢一提起减肥啊都有很多种方法。大家说很简单啊，不就是少吃多动弹嘛，我只要少吃就可以了。单纯不吃晚餐能不能解决问题？初听很简单，说少吃一顿晚餐，那么一定就是能量减少了1/3，时间久了我自然就能够瘦下来。短期内啊，不吃晚饭确实能够减少我们的能量的摄入，但是这样的方法不能够很长久。如果您长期不吃晚饭，就有可能造成代谢率的下降。这个时候身体马上适应性地降低你的基础代谢率，而不能够起到减肥的作用。所以减肥一定是要吃动两平衡，既要适当地少吃，还要坚持积极的身体活动，才能够在保持代谢率的情况下，能够维持减重减脂的效果。
你有减肥的经历吗？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
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资深	/	zī shēn	/	senior，veteran
节食	/	jié shí	/	be on a diet
焦虑	/	jiāo lǜ	/	anxiety
扭曲	/	niǔ qū	/	distorted
审美	/	shěn měi	/	aesthetics
把·····挂在嘴边	/	bǎ ····· guà zài zuǐ biān	/	talk about·····all the time
专家	/	zhuān jiā	/	expert
动弹	/	dòng tán	/	move
初听	/	chū tīng	/	first heard······
能量摄入	/	néng liàng shè rù	/	energy intake
代谢率下降	/	dài xiè lǜ xià jiàng	/	metabolic rate decreases
适应性地	/	shì yìng xìng de	/	adaptively
平衡	/	píng héng	/	balance
减重减脂	/	jiǎn zhòng jiǎn zhī	/	losing weight and fat