Personal Philosophy You may not know this, but your personal philosophy has a subconscious effect on your behavior. Philosophy is more than an attitude and plays a role in your bias and thinking. Philosophy is defined as a discipline comprising at its core logic, aesthetics, ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology – pursuit of wisdom. Philosophy …
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Nov 02
Hangman
Hangman There is an old phrase. “If you give a man enough rope, he will hang himself.” Of course, this is a metaphor applied to anyone who boasts about a position that is wrong in the eyes and ears of the listener. In politics it is the “flip-flopper” who changes their opinion based …
Nov 02
Climate Change and Common Sense
Climate Change and Common Sense In recent years, a debate has raged over climate change. It creates a war between common sense and science. Common sense borders on logic and probabilities. Science is supposed to be based on The Scientific Method and not opinion. Fossil fuels are being blamed for creating excessive amounts …
Nov 02
Parental Discipline
Parental Discipline As a parent of six kids – 5 sons and 1 daughter – that include triplets, I have some experience raising and disciplining children. I was also a high school Dean to discipline students before I became a licensed school superintendent. As a behaviorist I see behaviors by the same groups of people. …
Jan 01
Personal Accountability
Personal Accountability The purpose of this blog is to help you make better short and long-term decisions based on applying those four standard points at the top of each post. In my view, an intelligent person is one who has projection ability. That is to think and plan-ahead…if I do X what will Y be? …
Jun 23
Mitigate Your Risk
Mitigate Your Risk Human behavior is what it has become. God gave us a brain, but for some I think they check their brain at the door. News media portray the news as truth and factual, but it’s really what they want you to hear. Journalism is dead. News anchors make millions and so many …
Jun 23
Liar Liar Pants on Fire
Liar Liar Pants on Fire! If you’ve ever been a parent raising your children, you immediately know when your child is lying. So why do people learn to lie? What puzzles me the most is when intelligent adults lie believing others they are around or speaking to are not smart enough to know the …
Dec 22
BIAS
The dictionary defines bias as prejudice meaning a strong inclination of the mind or a preconceived opinion about something or someone. I recall a drawing in Stephen Covey’s book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Two people can look directly at this picture. And one person will see an old lady with a shawl …
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