Archive for the 'Long Term Thinking' Category

Geometric Progression – Bam! Bam! Bam! One Friggin Thing Right After Another!

Our universe can be described mathematically. Orbits, eclipses and planetary wobble can all be predicted and so it is with geometric progression – a sequence of numbers in which terms are multiplied by a constant value. In the human based geometric progression we will discuss today, the constant value which multiplies all others is YOU [...]

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The Emotional Grid – What Is Up With The Number Three?

Words describe our reality and we have more words now than ever. So, I’m guessing that we likely have more reality, too. The neat thing about words is although they have individual definitions the message they convey when strung together linearly can provide a context of reality which is entirely separate from their literal content. [...]

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Use Occam’s Razor To Slash Your Workload

Boys, boys, boys, you should wear a blanket, like me. Why do us humans complicate things so easily? Without effort we project irrational and sometimes nasty gods into earth, wind, and fire while inventing wild myths and tall stories to explain every aspect of reality which surrounds us. Can we not just take note of [...]

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Admit You Are a Slave and The Truth Shall Set You Free

Hello fellow indentured servant, how goes life with you? Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Barry Williams and I am owned by some banks, a country, my neighborhood and my family. Yes, just like you, I am a slave. But I Kinda Feel Like I Am In Control Now, don’t get me wrong. [...]

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If Vilfredo Pareto is Right, Most of What We Do and Think is Wrong

We are Rich and We Have A Secret. Na Na Na Na Na Na. Vilfredo Federico Damaso Pareto was one curious dude. Born into a middle class Italian family, he was no slouch when it came to the smarts department and as an adult his burning desire to understand nineteenth century society caused him to [...]

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Lotsa Folks Choking on MOTS

Mom found your funny squirt gun You are addicted to something and I’m going to TELL. I’m ratting you out because: You need to know what you are addicted to and You can do something quite dramatic about it which will astonish and amaze your still quite hooked friends. Certainty Ahoy! How long will the [...]

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Muddy Waters Reputation Management

Ladies and Gentlemen. He said he didn’t do it 50 times. That HAS to count for something… Man oh man oh man alive. Many times in my life I have said things I wish I hadn’t. And not always about other people, some times it was about myself. But haven’t we all? Who among us [...]

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Momentum Gets On You

Winning takes some Shaking and Moving Hard to attain, easy to lose. Like so many other aspects of our lives, momentum takes a long time to develop and can be decimated in no time flat. Where is Your Builder? I used to perform a short skit on momentum for a few of my key employees [...]

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Formula for Increasing Personal Trust

Abe wisely skipped a gun duel. He wasn’t perfect. Want to enhance your personal trustworthiness? Give yourself a secret to keep. Do something good (or bad, but the good route works for more people) and don’t tell anybody about it. If you can perform the secret with style, so much the better… Mom’s The Word [...]

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Nothing Wrong With Wanting To

Don’t forget your worries in your old kit bag We carry far too much guilt in our baggage. Why we cart it along is a mystery to me but we do so questioning it is fair game. I’m thinking that this phenomenon of “pretending we could do much better than we have” is just another [...]

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