Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.1 A recent conversation with a friend (who wants to start a Martial Arts studio) inspired me to revisit the topic of business vetting. The questions in this article were inspired…
Grandma GG died on the twelfth day of Christmas, 2017. In Catholic tradition, the following day is the Epiphany, the feast of the three kings, commemorating the manifestation of Christ to the Magi. So, the original “12 Days” are not a children’s memory and forfeit game turned into a Christmas…
The expectation that your job & spiritual calling must be identical is false. Fortunately, the mysteries of the relationship between the two are revealed with delightful clarity through a careful reading of the Bible. Even non-Christians can gain insights into their own work and aspirations by considering what the Bible has…
If you can read this article you can sell your house without using a realtor. I’m doing it now and its taken 2-4 hours a week to keep the sale on track. Selling without using a realtor will save you 4-7% on the sale price. The median priced home in…
Writers must know their writing personality. They must also discover, and write with, their unique voice. There’s even 7 Great Reasons for Non-Writers to Discover their Writing Personality. In this essay, I’ll describe my writing personality and voice, for three reasons: So that my children will better understand their father, his vantage…
Writers must know their writing personality. They must also discover, and write with, their unique voice. But, what about non-writers? Why would such things matter to them? In short, because the “active literacies” of writing, argumentation, and public speaking enable you to write the script of your own life. And,…
… that life can be optimized with respect to a minimum of seven areas. Delete any one of them from the equations of your awareness and your life will degrade, sooner or later. Since these areas are irreducible I call them the Seven Matters of Life. I believe … ……
“Everything should be as simple as it can be, but not simpler.” — Albert Einstein I’ve found that life can be optimized with respect to a minimum of seven areas. Delete any one of them from the equations of your awareness and your life will degrade, sooner or later. Since these…
On Idolizing the Bible Commentary on “How the Bible Became an Idol” by Paul Rosenberg I’ll refer to the author as Rosenberg to distinguish him from the apostle Paul. “Again I am raising a difficult subject, but again, it’s something that needs to be said. And my title is true.…
Psychopaths are all the rage, lately. About 1% of the population meet the clinical criteria for psychopathy.1 That percentage rises to 3-4% in senior executives.2 Many articles and books list their attributes and behaviors. Still, advice on what to do about them is sparse. I have an idea: use the new…
If you want your words to last as long as parchment use plain ASCII text with Markdown. When found, your writing can be republished at the click of a button. It’s digital; make lots of copies. Markdown is . . .1 … a way to format plain text to show…
We have met the enemy, and they are invisible. Almost everything against us, and for us, has an invisible origin. Master this unseen realm, and what obstacles remain of the visible world are child’s play to contend with, in comparison. A shift in focus to the invisible root causes of…
Equations are shorthand for words. The symbols can be so mesmerizing we forget they’re a form of shorthand. This equation…: … Is shorthand for these words: “. . .the net change of a smooth and continuous quantity, such as a distance travelled, over a given time interval (i.e. the…