Category: Truth
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Why? Why? Why?
Why do so many people from all walks of life—all races, creeds and colors — continue to promote racism? Does ANYONE not know that the mere reference to skin color is racist? Why do we often mention “Black owned business” and never “White owned” ones? Why do some promote specifically “Black” organizations and not specifically…
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Faster
The Universe is expanding faster. Moore’s Law says computer chip speeds and capabilities are getting faster—doubling every two years. I can vouch for that and more. In my experience, as the years go by, time is definitely going by faster. “Change is the essence and cadence of the universe,” as I remarked in a talk…
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Learning
Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.” Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward.” Steve Jobs There’s a lot of truth in the old saying, “hindsight is 20/20”. Yes. That’s the way we learn. By making mistakes, looking…
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You Are a Different Person in Every Mind
A different version of you exists in the mind of everyone that has ever met you, and it’s very different from what you think about yourself. The person you think you are does not even exist outside of your mind. We all believe in a personal, unique, and separate identity—but if we dare to examine…
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Cows do NOT Give Milk
COWS DON’T GIVE MILK A father used to say to his children when they were young: — When you all reach the age of 12 I will tell you the secret of life. One day, when the oldest turned 12, he anxiously asked his father what was the secret of life. The father replied that…
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Words That Matter
and The Wright Right Correct Words Really Matter Any word that’s really important is also confusing. Words like trust, love, friend, fair, honest, lead, connect, authentic, justice, dignity–they have dozens of different meanings. Perhaps that’s because they’re important. It’s worth spending a moment to understand what we mean when we say something that might mean…
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The Map is Not The Territory
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…
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Holding Back Their Whole Selves
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION January 17, 2022 In a culture that still largely views gender on binary terms, transgender people in America face unique challenges in the job-application process. Half of transgender respondents to a recent McKinsey survey indicated they couldn’t be their full selves when applying for jobs. Only 33 percent of cisgender applicants indicated…
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The River Cannot go Back
It is said that before entering the sea,a river trembles with fear.She looks back at the path she has traveled,from the peaks of the mountains,the long winding road crossing forests and villages.And in front of her,she sees an ocean so vast,that to enterthere seems nothing more than to disappear forever.But there is no other way.The…
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Perspectives
Our personal, and All Humanities, Challenge All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone. Blaise Pascal We’re waking up, becoming more aware, but will our “awakening” be enough, and soon enough? The first and overarching Big Problem is to make the Good Person. We must have better human…