December 2011
15 posts
We are an inter-dependent species.
We are an inter-dependent species. We cannot do a thing without others. Just possibly you could survive alone on fruit on a tropical island, but it would not be pleasant, and even here your education and upbringing will influence how you can keep your wits about you. In every other situation we need others: teachers, farmers, suppliers, capitalists, workers, pupils, house-builders, refuse...
Purpose is a Turning Point
We will need unshrunk people. We will need those who have a purpose beyond mechanically increasing production. That requires personal decisions leading to personal purpose. And purpose is a crucial turning point.
Here are some practical suggestions to unshrinking yourself:
BECOME ONE PERSON We need to stop wearing all of those hats, playing all those roles, and thinking that one ability or...
It's a Trust Crisis (Not a Debt Crisis)...
Do we need truth telling and living by the truth? What happens in a world where we cannot even assume that others will keep their promises and give accurate accounts of events? How do we behave differently when others are likely to be self-serving liars, cheats, and thieves?
If our society was less honest its progress and pace would slow. The evidence is there to see in each country that is less...
We Need Truth Telling Rebels...
We need people who are capable of speaking up against the majority view, just as we need people who can support and stay loyal[i]. The two should exist for the same purpose: the betterment of society and the world. Whistle blowing is a vital role that brings openness and scrutiny to illegal, ineffective, dangerous, and unjust situations.
In one such incident, Stephen Bolsin, professor and...
It doesn't have to be this way...
Any idea what you want? Perhaps you can see it exactly. Perhaps you can almost feel, taste, see, and smell it. Maybe you are living the life you always wanted. It’s just about possible that you still have no real, clear picture of what you want your life to be. It’s also possible that you have not yet figured out how what you are doing relates to what you want.
It is wise to take notes of the...
The Importance of Valuing Difference
Instead of valuing differences, we often find bullying. How much is bullying costing us? How many of us have suffered the consequences of bullying? That constant, “nit-picking, criticism of a trivial fault that is distorted, misrepresented, and added to with fabrication, those attempts to undermine you, being singled out and treated differently, being ignored, patronised, overloaded, humiliated,...
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What kind of intelligence do you need?
What kind of intelligence do you want? IQ is just a measure of a particular kind of efficiency in brain design. That’s important for doing IQ type tasks but what happens when you want to complete a task that IQ doesn’t measure?
Howard Gardener[i] is among many who have examined what he termed ‘multiple intelligence’. His first attempt identified seven ‘intelligences’ that contribute to our...
It's a Confidence Class Thing...
We looked at a book called Smart Luck recently to look at the life histories of some entrepreneurs. It was notable that a lot of them were near the top or the bottom of what we would call our class hierarchy and our class culture (if we had one!).
In the book, there is the example given of Simon Woodruff who launched a chain of sushi bars in London. He said something really interesting in an...
