Archive for 'unconventional wisdom'

Managing expectations - 4 rules to live by

18 August 2008

This will be the best blog post you’ve ever read.

That’s quite a statement to live up to. Beyond overstating my own abilities, there is the subject matter that I am writing about. Could what I have to say really be that interesting?

Furthermore, I don’t have any way of knowing what else you have read. You […]

Loyalty versus Rationality

28 March 2008

Why does loyalty exist? What evolutionary significance does it have? I’m not an evolutionary scientist, but I have a few ideas.

First, a definition from dictionary.com:

1. faithful to one’s sovereign, government, or state: a loyal subject.
2. faithful to one’s oath, commitments, or obligations: to be loyal to a vow.
3. faithful to any leader, party, or cause, or to any […]

The observer chooses the path

3 November 2007

Modern day meta-physicists agree that an electron can coexsist in two places at the same time. This is pretty neat when you stop and think about it. One physical entity, in two different places, at the same time.
Even more significant is the idea that, as Einstein predicted, the entity appears to choose which place it […]

Plans are nothing, planning is everything

25 October 2007

Good posts start with quotes from famous thinkers, right?

Plans are nothing; planning is everything

– Dwight D. Eisenhower

And just for good measure, here’s another.

Plans are of little importance, but planning is essential.

– Winston Churchill

Why do both these men place such importance on planning, but disregard the plan itself?
Planning enforces structured thinking to increase the chances of […]

Pain is the best teacher

14 September 2007

Why is it that we, as people, must suffer through serious pain before we learn?
I know that my best learning experiences have come from the times that were the most difficult for me. A preacher once told me that we don’t pray when times are good. Oh how true. We only reflect and try to […]