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Category: Food for Thought

  • Preserving Consciousness

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    Charles Tutt
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    /https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRvf00NooN8 The Most Exciting Video I’ve Ever Seen! It’s more than an hour, but very interesting and thought provoking.

  • Things to Feel Bad About

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    I like this article I received today from Seth Godin. It’s short. It says a lot. Consider acting on it. Things to feel bad about  You might have a list of them. In fact, many of us do, and consult it quite often. The list is defective for a number of reasons: It’s not accurate.…

  • Success

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    The most important factors for #success are no longer how many hours you work, how much effort you exert, or where you are located. What matters now is what you know, how well you document and organize that knowledge, and your ability to share it with others. Personal Knowledge Management has become an essential survival skill for…

  • Learning

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    Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young. Henry Ford If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you. Zig Ziglar…

  • Operations

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    Repetitive Routines, Habits, Work Flows Philosophy is “why”. Yes, I’m always asking that. Strategy is “how”; another one of my favorite thought modes. Tactics are “what”… but Operations, (as in a manufacturing workflow) are more than “who” or “where” or “when”. Tactics are “who”, “what”, “when” and then some. Tactics are an applied deep understanding…

  • Living Life Backwards

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    Author Shakti Gawain on living authentically: “Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want so that they will be happier.  The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what…

  • The Right Word

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    The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter–’tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning. Mark Twain Mark Twain is one of my all-time favorite writers.

  • The Map is Not The Territory

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    The map is not the territory. Alfred Korzybski The journey is not the adventure. The goal/plan is not the accomplishment. The menu is not the meal. These and many other things are merely ingredients, beliefs, thoughts, feelings, dreams, and fantasies that make up our life’s experiences. Conceptions/ mis-conceptions Understanding/ mis-understanding Failures/ learnings Our models of…

  • Life Happens

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    With or Without Angst and Stress A few useful thoughts to consider: Taking a step back and gracefully walking away from situations that threaten your peace of mind, values, morals, or self-worth is almost always a healthy and necessary step forward. Sometimes you have to accept the fact that life has changed again, that things…

  • You Can’t Wait

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    “You can’t wait until life isn’t hard anymore, before you decide to be happy.” Jane Marczewski As I opened my email this morning, the following from Stephen Guise reached out and touched me. So I’m sharing it with you as he shared it with me. Before yesterday, I didn’t know who Nightbirde (Jane Marczewski) was.…