How to get into Second Life without really trying

Selby Evans is Thinkerer Melville in Second Life.

Start with your goal.  That’s where you start everything.  Even when you don’t notice it. 

Here is a list of goals that people have when they come to this site.  And our suggestions about how to use the site as part of the road to that goal.

Self-improvement is not a duty but an opportunity.

Busy.  I want something that doesn’t take too much reading.

Curious.  I am just curious about psychology.

Empath. I just want to understand why people do what they do.

Doubtful.  I don't think I'm smart enough to solve my problems.

Guru, local.  People ask me for advice.  Give me a quick answer.

Helpful.  I’d like to help somebody else with a problem.

Lazy.  I want to know how people get motivated.

Problem-solver.  I want to get good at solving problems. Got anything to offer?
Psych student.  What does psychology offer for self-growth?
Puzzled.  I have a particular problem that I’d like to find out about.

Second Lifer.  I was looking for something to do with Second Life
Stressed out.  Tell me how to relax and be quick about it.
Student:  I want to know how to study better.

Teacher.  How can I use this material with my students?

Will-Power Wimp.  I want to know how people quit bad habits.

Authors
D. F. Dansereau, Ph. D.
S. H.  Evans, PH. D
Based on over forty years of research.

Popular pages
Literary Devices
Problem-Solving
Motivation and Goals
Creativity, Invention, Ideas
Famous fables about personal psychology

Specialists
Counselors start here
Tutors and mentors start here
 

Why is the Thinkerer complicated?   It’s about you. How simple are you?

Stressed out:  Tell me how to relax and be quick about it. 
Start with the Relax Clipit.  But if you want to relax in the future, you probably need time control.
 

Busy.  I want something that doesn’t take too much reading. 
The Thinkerer is more about doing than reading.  Try some exercses. 
 

Brain Sprints

Student.  I want to know how to study better. 
Start with venue on learning and studying.  If you have trouble getting started, go to the Start Buttons.

Learning, studying
and other tribulations

Start Buttons

Will-Power Wimp.  I want to know how people quit bad habits. 
We leave bad and good to parents, preachers, and politicians.  But if you want to quit doing something, you have an UnGoal.  Ungoals are tricky.  So we provided suggestions about how to trick them.

Resolutions Clipit

Guru, local.  People ask me for advice.  Give me a quick answer.   
Print out some Cuepons, and Strengths.  Carry them in your address book or with your business cards.  Match them to the person and the situation.

Check the page on literary devices for a little background on why a guru does not give simple answers to difficult questions.   Or print some of the Exercise pages and give them out instead of advice.   People are better at learning from what they do than from what they hear.

Cuepons
Strengths
Literary Devices
Exercises
Thinkerer's Kit  (.pdf)

Problemater's Kit (.pdf)
Tools for brains that feed on problems

Hunter's Kit  (.pdf)
Powers of the Hunter

Your Empath

Motivation:  Shift from Park to Drive

Learning, studying
and other tribulations

Thinking 101

Puzzled.  I have a particular problem that I’d like to find out about.  
Click on Topics above and look for something related to the problem.  Or start with some common quest questions.  Or use Google search.  (You can tell it to search just in this site.  Or you can focus the search on this site by including Thinkerer in your search terms.

Quest Questions
If you know the question, you'll know when you find the answer.

Helpful.  I’d like to help somebody else with a problem. 
Start just as if it were your problem.  If you find something useful, print it and show it around.  You don't have to be specific about who you want to see it.

Quest Questions

Strengths

Psych student.  I want to know what psychology offers for self-growth. 
Start with Topics.  That’s the keystone venue.  It offers brief discussions about topics that people mention when people talk about self-growth and self-improvement.  Or go to a Self-Rating page to see what topics might fit you.

Exercises What's right with you?
Semi-Technical Background

Why do we need another self-improvement site?

Empath. I just want to understand why people do what they do.  
It's a lot like why you do what you do.  When you wonder about something a person does, wonder about your Head Office.   Look for a character there that might do the same thing.   Or start with Self-Rating.  Understanding other people starts with understanding yourself.

Curious.  I am just curious about psychology. 
The Thinkerer really isn’t about psychology.  It is about yourself.  The Thinkerer uses psychological knowledge as a tool set to help in self-growth.  If you want to find out about psychology in general, start with The Encyclopedia of Psychology.

Famous fables about personal psychology

Semi-Technical Background

The Encyclopedia of Psychology

Study: Best Practices Clipit
Friendly places Clipit

Team study

Head Checks

Just do it

Thinkerer Studios

Virtual village directory

LOD  Learning on Demand
  Audacity  101
  Gimp 101

Quick tricks

FAQ