The document discusses the importance of concentration in achieving goals and being productive. It provides several examples of highly concentrated individuals like Einstein and explains how concentration allows one to focus exclusively on a task. However, it also describes challenges with concentration like a writer who struggled to focus on multiple books at once. Maintaining concentration requires closing outside distractions and directing one's full mental effort and "steam" toward the task at hand.
Grow rich! with peace of mind - the law of attractionCHIRAGCHAUHAN72
Think and Grow Rich was written by Napoleon Hill in 1937 and promoted as a personal development and self-improvement book. He claimed to be inspired by a suggestion from business magnate and later-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. It remains the biggest seller of Napoleon Hill's books.
Grow rich! with peace of mind - the law of attractionCHIRAGCHAUHAN72
Think and Grow Rich was written by Napoleon Hill in 1937 and promoted as a personal development and self-improvement book. He claimed to be inspired by a suggestion from business magnate and later-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. It remains the biggest seller of Napoleon Hill's books.
Tony Robbins discusses the "invisible forces" that make us do what we do -- and high-fives Al Gore in the front row.
What is your motive for action? What is it that drives you in your life today? Not 10 years ago. Are you running the same pattern? Because I believe that the invisible force of internal drive, activated, is the most important thing. I'm here because I believe emotion is the force of life. All of us have great minds. Most of us here have great minds, right? We all know how to think. With our minds we can rationalize anything. We can make anything happen.
Into the Light: Addressing Socioemotional Needs of the Gifted and Talented Th...Morgan Appel
Using Plato’s Allegory of the Cave as metaphorical context, Into the Light explores the ways that the visual and performing arts can be infused across the curriculum to attend to the unique and complex socioemotional needs of gifted and talented students. Special foci include fostering creativity, confidence and commitment among twice-exceptional students; historically underrepresented students in GATE; and socioeconomically and linguistically diverse gifted and talented. Practical recommendations and resources for teachers, administrators and parents are provided, grounded in cutting edge research on the neuroscience of the arts and emotional connection to learning.
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Le nuove frontiere dell'AI nell'RPA con UiPath Autopilot™UiPathCommunity
In questo evento online gratuito, organizzato dalla Community Italiana di UiPath, potrai esplorare le nuove funzionalità di Autopilot, il tool che integra l'Intelligenza Artificiale nei processi di sviluppo e utilizzo delle Automazioni.
📕 Vedremo insieme alcuni esempi dell'utilizzo di Autopilot in diversi tool della Suite UiPath:
Autopilot per Studio Web
Autopilot per Studio
Autopilot per Apps
Clipboard AI
GenAI applicata alla Document Understanding
👨🏫👨💻 Speakers:
Stefano Negro, UiPath MVPx3, RPA Tech Lead @ BSP Consultant
Flavio Martinelli, UiPath MVP 2023, Technical Account Manager @UiPath
Andrei Tasca, RPA Solutions Team Lead @NTT Data
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
UiPath New York Community Day in-person eventDianaGray10
UiPath Community Day is a unique gathering designed to foster collaboration, learning, and networking with automation enthusiasts. Whether you're an automation developer, business analyst, IT professional, solution architect, CoE lead, practitioner or a student/educator excited about the prospects of artificial intelligence and automation technologies in the United States, then the UiPath Community Day is definitely the place you want to be.
Join UiPath leaders, experts from the industry, and the amazing community members and let's connect over expert sessions, demos and use cases around AI in automation as we highlight our technology with a special speaker on Document Understanding.
📌Agenda
3:00 PM Registrations
3:30 PM Welcome note and Introductions | Corina Gheonea (Senior Director of Global UiPath Community)
4:00 PM Introduction to Document Understanding
How to build and deploy Document Understanding process
Where would Document Understanding be used.
Demo
Q&A
4:45 PM Customer/Partner showcase
Accelirate
Intro to Accelirate and history with UiPath
Why are we excited about the new AI features of UiPath?
Customer highlight
a. Document Understanding – BJs Case Study
b. Document Understanding + generative AI
5.30 PM Networking
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Future Visions: Predictions to Guide and Time Tech Innovation, Peter Udo DiehlPeter Udo Diehl
I'm excited to share my latest predictions on how AI, robotics, and other technological advancements will reshape industries in the coming years. The slides explore the exponential growth of computational power, the future of AI and robotics, and their profound impact on various sectors.
Why this matters:
The success of new products and investments hinges on precise timing and foresight into emerging categories. This deck equips founders, VCs, and industry leaders with insights to align future products with upcoming tech developments. These insights enhance the ability to forecast industry trends, improve market timing, and predict competitor actions.
Highlights:
▪ Exponential Growth in Compute: How $1000 will soon buy the computational power of a human brain
▪ Scaling of AI Models: The journey towards beyond human-scale models and intelligent edge computing
▪ Transformative Technologies: From advanced robotics and brain interfaces to automated healthcare and beyond
▪ Future of Work: How automation will redefine jobs and economic structures by 2040
With so many predictions presented here, some will inevitably be wrong or mistimed, especially with potential external disruptions. For instance, a conflict in Taiwan could severely impact global semiconductor production, affecting compute costs and related advancements. Nonetheless, these slides are intended to guide intuition on future technological trends.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*
Concentration
1. Concentration
The jack-of-all-trades seldom is good at any. Concentrate all of your efforts on one
definite chief aim.
- Napoleon Hill
A worried mother complains that her young rambunctious son spend hours every
day on his Playstation or Xbox. This issue is a hot potato for any parent. Young
children can get so immersed in whatever they are doing that it takes a lot of
coaxing to get them to shift their attention. This power to concentrate fully on one
thing comes naturally to young children, but it is one of the biggest challenges that
most of us confront as adults. We struggle to concentrate and, as a result, fail to
make any progress in the work we are performing.
Let me give a razor-sharp definition of “concentration.” Concentration is the
ability to focus on one single thought or subject to the exclusion of everything else.
For example, when I am reading Peter Jackson’s book Africa—part travelog, part
memoir—or for that matter any book, I am not thinking, looking at, or listening to
anything else. The quality and quantity of the work you can produce depends not
only on the effort you put in but also on your ability to concentrate. No matter how
hard you try, if your brain is not performing well, you will not be as productive as
you should be.
Man is gifted with an organized mind. Concentration is its mainstay. Compare this
to a monkey—it has an unorganized mind, as it has no concentration.
There are people who are immune to noisy surroundings (they know how to avoid
extraneous factors). They have disciplined minds that enable them to focus
intensely on the task at hand, and they perform exceptionally well as a result.
Modern psychologists refer to this state of absolute absorption in or concentration
on what we are doing as being “in the flow.” John Bright (British Radical and
Liberal statesman) was so completely absorbed in the subject of a forthcoming
speech that he thought about it day and night, talked it over with his friends, and
when no one else was available, discussed it with his gardener. On the other hand,
there are people who have little or no concentration at all. They cannot handle the
slightest noise. They are easily distracted at the drop of a hat.
2. Albert Einstein hardly ever needed a pencil and paper when solving mathematical
problems at first. His concentration was so good that he could work out his
problems in his head, and only later would he commit them to paper. The same
could be said about my science fiction writer friend. He would sit writing page
after page, turning each page neatly face down as he finished it. He never minded
children playing around him while he worked, and once as I watched in
fascination, he did not even notice a wasp circling his head.
Research reveals that those who go for a walk to clear the cobwebs away
improve their concentration vastly by changing their brain structure. Through brisk
walking, people can undergo a change, improving their attention compared with
those who are lethargic.
Concentration is the primordial element for extraordinary memory
Do you have difficulty remembering the names of people, or have you missed a
doctor’s appointment, forgotten telephone numbers, missed events and special
occasions, and failed to recall dates and times? The reason why people cannot
remember what they want to remember is that they do not concentrate sufficiently
at the moment when they are forming a purpose.
Golden advice is the following: Associate new information with something you
already know or can remember.
Example: (a) Suppose you want to remember phone numbers (which occur in
pairs). You could split 5266 into 52 and 66, and think of the 52 cards in a deck
printed with pictures of England’s footballers winning the World Cup in 1966.
(b) Suppose you want to remember the names of people. You can analyze the
physical appearance and idiosyncrasies of a person. For instance, Sync may be a
middle-aged person but might have the mind of an amoeba, a “quo vadis” haircut,
a lumpy face overgrown with stubble, might walk with a slow, stiff gait, stammer
when speaking, and have feminine hands and cavernous cheeks.
Memories are created, stored, and recalled in the part of the brain known as the
hippocampus.
3. Eleanor Maguire used brain scans to show that a region of brain at the rear of the
hippocampus known to be involved in learning directions and locations is enlarged
in London taxi drivers.
My chat crony
Charlotte had to cover a long distance to reach the top of the chocolate industry.
Charlotte dropped out of ninth grade in Harbor City, Los Angeles, and took an
apprenticeship with a printer, only to be fired. She then became an apprentice to a
candymaker in Oregon. After studying the business for four years, Charlotte
opened a company that gained a foothold in the chocolate market. She started three
successful candy companies in Indianapolis, San Antonio, and Seattle. She went
from being a person with no money a few years earlier to becoming super rich with
a huge cash flow (paying six figures for a diamond-and-sapphire brooch or a sable
wrap. In Paris, she shops in the finest boutiques on the famous avenue, the
Champs-Élysées.). Presently, she is proud of her multimillion-dollar chocolate
business. She has also written her autobiography, launched her own perfume, and
appeared on television shows, including “Celebrity Wife Swap” and “Celebrity
Stars in Their Eyes.” Along with her success came a big headache in the form of
swarms of reporters who keep hounding her to hear sound bytes. Remarkable hype
and hoopla for a deserving self-made woman!
The above circumstances were possible not because of any serendipity but rather
because she concentrated on forming growth-centric habits. She believed in the
saying, “Where there is a will, there is a way.”
Who all need to concentrate?
The ice skater, drag racer, stock car racer, environmental scientist, financial
analyst, physical therapist, video editor, bacteriologist, pushcart vendor, janitor in a
tenement building, spin doctor…without any attempt to beat around the bush,
concentration is the rudimentary component for any type of profession.
Concentrate more to reach the pinnacle of your life.
Do not be like the debonair management consultant who turned up at 11 a.m. on
the dot (to speak to an auditorium full of insurance executives in Hawaii) with a
cut on his face. He announced in his sonorous voice that, “While shaving this
morning, I was concentrating on my speech and accidentally cut myself—tsk tsk!”
4. At the reception following the 80-minute address, a member of the audience said in
a hushed tone, “Next time, concentrate on your shaving and cut down the speech!”
Mystical teacher
Salvatore was a modern minstrel with a gentle wit, a sensitive singing voice,
and wicked guitar skills. He loved eating squid and crustaceans. He lived in a
forlorn corrugated iron shanty with a sandy floor. But the biggest worry of
Salvatore’s life was when and how to give his “attention” span (a necessary
overture for mental concentration) a boost? Desperately seeking a solution, he
got into his car and drove downtown to meet a well-known mystical teacher.
The entire meeting was productive, as the mystical teacher said “yes” to
Salvatore. In the initial stages of teaching, the mystical teacher would order
(not in a harsh manner) Salvatore to observe some familiar object and to
attempt to find the maximum details in the object. Then, after scrutinizing the
report that Salvatore prepared, the mystical teacher would ask him to return to
the same task so as to find new details until the smallest of the details had
been observed. The next day, a fresh object would be given to him, and he
would be made to undergo the whole process yet again. To begin with, he was
given simple objects, and then more complex objects, until finally he could
easily master objects of immense complexity. Today, Salvatore is able to
exert the greatest amount of mental concentration while scarcely being
conscious of the effort. The great Sir Isaac Newton said, “If I have ever made
any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention than to
any other talent.”
One-track mind
“Success in life is a matter not so much of talent and opportunity as of
concentration and perseverance.”
- C. W. Wendte
Grayson is head honcho of a music company. His company promotes international
music festivals and tours for artists such as Coldplay, Nickelback, and the Jonas
Brothers, among many others. His music company also develops strategies to
stimulate ticket sales for concerts at the venues it owns or operates in North
America.
5. Once Grayson, who always prefers to wear a Breitling watch and a black bomber
jacket with logos, was invited to appear on “The Tonight Show.” He was asked to
reveal the secret to his successful rise in life.
Here he goes…
“I do not have a genius IQ. In fact, I am like the 70% of the population who
are in the 85–115 IQ range. It does not matter. I do not possess any more
talent than others, but I have learned that results can only be produced by
untiring, concentrated effort. I have always believed in a one-track mind, to
be “the best” in my field. I ate, breathed, and slept success. My work gave me
a kick. No wonder that I often enjoyed working till midnight and went to
sleep in my plush office. I am like a postage stamp; I stick to one thing at a
time.”
A few years ago, I had a difficult time as I spent the whole weekend slogging
through a report and still hadn’t finished reading it (I became aware that I
needed serious tips on concentration). Without wasting any time, I consulted
my maternal grandfather, who preached and practiced “the art of
concentration” throughout his life. His excellent memory, which allows him
to recall any complex conversation verbatim, is because of his superior skills
of concentration. Quoting an example, he says, an engine is going along the
track smoothly until someone opens all the valves and, wham, the train stops.
The same theory applies to you. If you want to use your full amount of steam,
you must close your valves and direct your power to generate mental steam
toward one end.
Concentration problem
Bryant, a licensed teacher, moonlighted as a part-time writer in the evenings
to make quick megabucks. He decided to churn out four books in 16 months,
with human cloning as the common theme. So he jump-started his writing
with great enthusiasm. However, with the passage of time, his thoughts
appeared scattered, his vision became cloudy, and he suffered from the
feeling that he was in a labyrinth. To make matters worse, he hopped from the
writing of one book to another book within half an hour. On being asked
about his odd tendency to switch from one task to another, he shot back, “I
get bored quickly. Concentration is not my métier. That is why I always only
manage to give a mediocre performance at work.” Three years slipped away,
and his time-bound project of writing four books in 16 months never gathered
6. momentum. Feeling frustrated, he dumped the idea of continuing to write.
This experience wrecked his confidence levels, and he paid a high price for
his poor concentration.
A lack of concentration and mastery over one’s thoughts usually can be
compared to piercing a thin sheet paper with a blunt pencil. Sticking a blunt
pencil through a sheet of paper will turn out to be difficult, and the paper will
only tear. On the other hand, if the pencil is sharp, the point will penetrate the
sheet of paper easily, leaving a small, neat hole.