Something I have to say to my friends and family. For what it is worth. During Donald Trump’s campaign for president, Trump was repeatedly asked, by many in the Jewish community, to stop using the phrase “America First” to describe his foreign policy views. The reason...
What I think Today
I believe a Trump administration will do immense damage to America and the world. Unfortunately, we’re not just talking about four bad years. The damage will last for decades, maybe generations. The political damage will extend far into the future, too. Putin now is...
Cognitive Science Findings on Thinking
[ted id=2265] Great Video of how we think. Specifically the comments about how we can take very little information and create huge conclusions.
2 Reasons against Moral Absolutism Actually Existing!
A post by Sean Buckley got me thinking about the reasons against Moral Absolutism actually existing. I came up with two off the top of my head. I'm sure there is more and I am going to add this discussion to the @lantis Learning Community. The first post was from...
The false logic of Some Christian Absolutists!
Below is a post from Matt Slick. (I copied the entire post. I hope Matt does not hold me in copyright violation). Matt Slick is President and Founder of the Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry (CARM). Matt started CARM to respond to the many false teachings...
7 Principles of Success from SAP CEO Bill McDermott and What I learned from it!
Updated - Nov 23 2021 In his book Winners Dream: A Journey From Corner Store to Corner Office, SAP CEO Bill McDermott offers his suggestions for 7 Principles of success. (See the full post is below). I have my own 7 principles for success. Let me see how well they...
Data, Facts, and Conclusions
In Decision Science there are three things: Data Facts Conclusions Data are bits of information (0’s and 1’s). Facts are bits of information that happen to be “true.” And Conclusions are the actionable ideas we take from the data and facts. The key here is that...
How Technology Can Help Solve Some Disputes
You should be able to diagram a sentence for Nouns, Verbs, Subjects, and for FACTS. You should be able to label “Facts” and “Conclusions” in a sentence in the same way you label nouns, adverbs, Subjects.
Being connected to others is a fundamental driver for most of us. And it is the quality of those connections that determine the quality of our lives.
We need to feed and grow our positive connections and stave and shrink our negative connections. Of course the trick is knowing which are good connections and which are not. We can often be fooled by thinking longevity is the same as a positive connection. We have...
11 Simple Concepts to Become a Better Leader
Being likeable will help you in your job, business, relationships, and life. Dave Kelpern interviewed dozens of successful business leaders for his last book, to determine what made them so likeable and their companies so successful. All of the concepts are simple,...
“Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.” ― John C. Maxwell
A Community is better off when they focus on their similarities; not their differences!
We are always under the Constraints of our Circumstances!
10 Skills of Confident People
First things first: Confidence is not bravado, or swagger, or an overt pretense of bravery. Confidence is not some bold or brash air of self-belief directed at others. Confidence is quiet: It’s a natural expression of ability, expertise, and self-regard. 1. They take...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE –
“If we examine every stage of our lives, we find that from our first breath to our last we are under the constraint of circumstances. And yet we still possess the greatest of all freedoms, the power of developing our innermost selves in harmony with the moral order of...
Deuteronomy 11:19 And ye shall teach them your children, talking of them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
To plot a course you need 7 points
In the movie Stargate he says, to plot a course you need 7 points; 6 points for the destination, and 1 point for the origination. This is a true statement. And there is a lot you can learn from that statement. 1) The more precise you know your location the more...
I find it is easier to be honest with others than with myself. But, being honest with myself is more important. Go Figure!
The Rhythm Of the Water is the Rhythm of my life.
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