Pile of Index Cards

Ref. : In my blog ‘PEACE Method : Five steps to solve Problem‘

Professor of philosophy at The City College of New York.

A philosophy has long history since ancient Greek, time of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. The word ‘Philosophy’ itself sounds me something difficult. Prof. Marinoff, however, applied it to solve a problem in our daily life. His ‘PEACE’ method is easy to remember. It is practical, useful and helpful.

Book : Plato, not Prozac! - Applying eternal wisdom to everyday problem
Website : Lou Marinoff’s official web site

1. Problem
2. Emotion
3. Analysis
4. Contemplation
5. Equilibrium

Source : Lou Marinoff, Plato, not prozac!, 2002.

The Emotion always comes just after problem happens. You may worry or be anxious about the Problem. But it is natural for everybody. To solve problem, what is important is don’t stop at the Emotion and go to third step, Analysis, and further.

When I was child, I do loved to play LEGO brick. It is piece by piece, as you know, with various color and shape. It is possible to build almost anything.

Writing an indexcard is somewhat like making a piece of brick. After accumulation of indexcard, the set can be organized/reorganized to build something larger structure, e.g. report, paper, book etc..

To realize such re-usability, a contents of single indexcard must be concise. I think the size of 5×3 indexcard is the best for this purpose.

I found that opened door trigger peple to drop by my office.

I had closed the door of my office because of air-conditioner last week. Then nobody drop by my office. After I open the door, even though few tens of centimeter, people start to drop by my office again.

It is somewhat like atmosphere of my office vacuums people inside.
Or, perhaps, the door may symbolize our mind is open or not.

Upset or fun ; it depends on our mind. Do not bother with trifles. Rather, let’s make something productive.

Source : Carnegie, 1999b (@flickr).