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Norway is so full of colors! Yess, dude. This looks like the sickest mini van ever.
if you're new around here I am a continual learner and with being the new
year you're probably like me and just sifting through the massive amounts of
resolutions, goals and trying to figure out to even do it isn't gonna work well
today I want to tell you about a story that took me over six years to complete
on April 30th 2012 Doug and I had met because of a shared interest in what's
called precision teaching I've got a whole week of content coming up on that
soon so if you don't know what it is make sure you come back and since we've
met in three different countries just because of our shared interest in
behavior analysis this is usually going to conferences and those sort of
academic settings but it wasn't until over six years after that initial email
that I was able to finally meet him in person and visit Norway and what he
described and what's funny is it actually goes back even further to an
interview that I read a Julie Vargas this is this is BF Skinner's daughter
she runs a BF Skinner foundation and it goes my parents took my sister Deborah
and me on a trip to Europe in 1951 on that trip we visited Norway have a few
memories of that trip I do remember the train ride from Oslo to Bergen which we
visited come out of the dark tunnels would be blinded by snowy land dropping
straight down from the track all the way to the few words below when Ernie and I
repeated that train ride in 2010 it was still spectacular but a bit tamer than
ahead remembered perhaps some more dangerous parts have been rerouted
in 1951 I remember Bergen as being a small wonderful working fishing village
and our 2010 visit Bergen had much of the same charm but was bigger and more
commercial than I remembered compared to the USA Norway struck me as
clean and friendly Ernie and I were in Norway for the sport Ville conference we
were impressed with the courtesy extended to us not only in the
transportation to and from the airport when small manners there making sure
that we had english-speaking company of meals etc the land was beautiful the
view unspoiled by the rows of gas stations motels and fast-food eyesores
you find so often in the United States and she goes on to talk about the social
services and we hear about those so it was just something that I wanted to
understand and see for myself now Dag knew of this interview and said hey
maybe we can go about and try to retrace some of these steps maybe even see that
visit where Skinner we're exactly where middle of nowhere
look nowhere somewhere I can't pronounce find a camping spot there was a train
there's a nurse train so how'd our trip go well so far this trip is off to a
fairly irresponsible start we didn't plan as well as we could have
we had no tent no matches mind you were camping we had no food but no mosquito
repellent the weather was not cooperating reports from the inside of
the tents of the first nights is raining and scheduled rain for four days
straight we're gonna go deliver this workshop
this lecture
hey, hey, hey! This is our food Can you imagine having that around your neck? Haha it's torture! But we adjusted and we
made sure to accomplish our two major goals which was while we were there we
completed a lecture on today's episode we're giving a talk in Bomlo!
great facility who helps adults with intellectual disabilities in the area we
talk about a couple different things Dagg had something more practical and I gave
them kind of a breadth of the possibilities the even houses cuz many
of them had not heard of as many of them hadn't heard that worldview before and we
made it through the Fjord spent a few days just catching up on things that
we love inside and outside of behavior analysis but what really was one of the
top trips of my life now we couldn't find Skinner's train I didn't really
expect to find the exact one so the railway used to go like in 83 then it
would be down here place called
(???) and he would change train to film
media visitors visiting yes they might have some info there not his train here
any like the one that he rode the train too
there's the story as we've pieced it together and so you'll see that these
things don't come quick it takes a very long time sometimes it's better to set
them in small manageable chunks a series of linked goals is often the way to
achieve the larger visions that you have in life if you celebrate the wins, especially with others
those smaller steps along the way especially with others it is easier it's
easier to go about these larger visions we know are two different resources one
that is technical and one that is not as technical it's where you can understand
what's going on when we're talking about goals and resolutions. Behavior Analysts I
hope this encourages you to look a little bit more into the history of our
field it is amazing like this one two little paragraphs led to this entire
journey there is a lot to be experienced now Julie if you see this I want to do a
more formal documentary on something related to we have Skinner let's make
something happen and don't forget life is about shared
experiences keep in touch with people you never know what will come from it
Dag I will be back in 2020 let's start plannin'! Consider liking sharing
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