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Category: Taking Responsibility

Accepting responsibility is difficult and counter intuitive. This category contains posts referring to our ability to influence outcomes through enhanced personal accountability.

Taking Responsibility The God Of Luck Don't Need No God

Brother, You Took Another Path.

  • By Barry Williams
  • September 13, 2016
  • 1 comment

Before you were something I watched you. I watched you grow and heard your no A million times. You yelled let go! Yanked your hand […]

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Taking Responsibility The God Of Luck Don't Need No God

So Many Nails They Could Not Open The Stupid Coffin Lid

  • By Barry Williams
  • June 28, 2016
  • 0 comments

Oh now you’ve done it. No way out. Now we hafta go thru. And because you’re the cause And the maker of life. This shake […]

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It's Economics Man Taking Responsibility

Everyone Knew There Was A Bottom Of The Boat But No One Wanted To See It

  • By Barry Williams
  • December 5, 2015
  • 0 comments

This pig won’t turn. You twist it’s ears and yard It’s nose but This pig won’t turn. Maybe twirl it’s tail. Maybe make a squeal. […]

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Shitty Ain't How It Always Is Taking Responsibility

If All You Got Is Shit, Separate The Bad Shit From The Good.

  • By Barry Williams
  • November 5, 2015
  • 0 comments

You can hold your nose. You can close your eyes. You can plug you ears and fool your tastebuds And call yourself oh so wise. […]

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Awareness Sad Times at Human High Taking Responsibility

Look Mister Fixet! Amirror!

  • By Barry Williams
  • October 29, 2015
  • 0 comments

You can call me names. You can play your sames. Just remember it’s your life you’re spending. I’ve done my time. Soaked in sublime. Dropped […]

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Hurtsville Taking Responsibility

Mart Crashes

  • By Barry Williams
  • October 14, 2015
  • 0 comments

He flew through windows He flew off bikes. He flew from soft seats to hard rocks On several flights. He dared Doctor Death. Poked him […]

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Taking Responsibility

Uh Uh. No Please. Don’t let The Saboteur Of My Life Be Me.

  • By Barry Williams
  • July 27, 2015
  • 0 comments

Most folks recognize mistakes. They witness others making them all day long but when the spotlight is turned on them they do the pity patter shuffle. […]

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Taking Responsibility

It Never Fails When Rocking The Boat

  • By Barry Williams
  • June 14, 2015
  • 0 comments

Most folks know about swerving. They swing one way then over correct only to swing the other until hopefully rescued by a ditch. Thank you, […]

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Taking Responsibility

You Can Try Different Things And Get The Same Damn Results

  • By Barry Williams
  • June 2, 2015
  • 0 comments

Most folks know about insects. They screech at them, swat at them and spray them into nonexistence but the insects, they keepa commin’. Thank you, […]

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Taking Responsibility

Life Thief Anger

  • By Barry Williams
  • May 27, 2015
  • 0 comments

Most folks get upset. They try not to total their upset-ness though because wasted days don’t add up, they only subtract. Thank you, friend. Barry […]

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Taking Responsibility

If You Can’t Save Yer Life Who Will?

  • By Barry Williams
  • May 13, 2015
  • 0 comments

Most folks drift through reality. They twist and turn at every twist and turn and when it’s their turn to twist, they turn. Thank you, […]

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Critical Thinking Taking Responsibility

Don’t Think For One Second You Are In Control. You’re NOT.

  • By Barry Williams
  • February 4, 2011
  • 7 comments

Many people think they are free to act as they wish. Unfortunately, this is not the case. There are so many unseen and unconsidered influences […]

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Awareness Personal Improvement Taking Responsibility wrongaholic

Wrongaholic Twelve Steps – Step 4: Who The Hell Are You?

  • By Barry Williams
  • October 16, 2010
  • 20 comments

What in the world were you thinking?! If you’ve ever heard this apprehensive question and at least somewhat understood the reason it was asked, you […]

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Awareness Caring Critical Thinking Taking Responsibility

The Self Actualization Blues – Few Humans Find The Prize in their Popcorn. Why?

  • By Barry Williams
  • October 9, 2010
  • 16 comments

Life is like a barrel of monkeys. You’ve got your barrel, your monkeys and everything else. Some of the keener folks among us have figured […]

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acceptence Awareness Taking Responsibility

Confirmation Bias – You Can Lead a Horse To Knowledge But Cannot Make It Think

  • By Barry Williams
  • July 14, 2010

Sometimes Evidence Needs To Be Bludgeoned In “You’re bloody right I am right and you watch your mouth!” I heard this pugnacious paternal pap waay […]

Tagged closed mindedness, confirmation bias, thinking outside the box
Courage Critical Thinking Taking Responsibility

Hazing – Tastes Awful, Works Great!

  • By Barry Williams
  • June 8, 2010
  • 18 comments

The guys could not wait to urinate on somebody. Even though I was only twelve years old, I immediately understood that this was a powerful […]

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Awareness Critical Thinking Taking Responsibility

Death In The Fast Lane – The Crazy Concept of Pedestrian Crosswalks

  • By Barry Williams
  • June 2, 2010
  • 12 comments

The agonizing crunch catapulted Mrs. Vouch Chau’s smashed body 106 feet from the point of impact. Crosswalks Are Fracture Factories Every second of deadly trauma […]

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Awareness Critical Thinking Taking Responsibility

Corruption – Don’t Say You Haven’t Got It In You

  • By Barry Williams
  • May 25, 2010
  • 1 comment

Oh yeah, and everybody walk like me, okay? “Hah!” blurted the young police officer, “No one is honest!” This was the automatic and Freudian slippish […]

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Awareness Critical Thinking Taking Responsibility

Are Companies Amoral or Are We Witnessing a Diffusion of Responsibility?

  • By Barry Williams
  • May 4, 2010
  • 19 comments

Dying Early is just Stupid. Don’t Do It! I really hope fifteen year old Andrew James died quickly. July 25, 2008 was a cool, overcast […]

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Awareness Taking Responsibility

I Respectfully Disagree

  • By Barry Williams
  • April 23, 2010
  • 0 comments

When I tap you Twice with my answer sword, that means NO! No! Don’t touch That! If you say these words sternly to most young […]

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Awareness Critical Thinking Taking Responsibility

I Know I Don’t Know

  • By Barry Williams
  • April 20, 2010
  • 0 comments

Aww Man! I stepped in Something! Life is confusing in a big way. And its not getting any simpler or easier to figure out. We […]

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Awareness Biological Tools Taking Responsibility

How To Enjoy Riding Your Circadian Cycle

  • By Barry Williams
  • April 8, 2010
  • 0 comments

Hey, how bout moving up to a Racing Heart? Thump thump. Thump thump. Thump thump. I hope you hear that thumping noise, too, because it […]

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Awareness Critical Thinking Long Term Thinking Taking Responsibility

Formula for Increasing Personal Trust

  • By Barry Williams
  • March 30, 2010
  • 6 comments

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 […]

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Awareness Caring Courage Critical Thinking Taking Responsibility

This Ain’t Personal

  • By Barry Williams
  • March 12, 2010
  • 4 comments

Now Barry, don’t take this the wrong way because it’s not personal. My mind swooned and a wicked reality yanked my wobbly life force free […]

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Confidence Critical Thinking Perseverence Taking Responsibility

Get Your Phil

  • By Barry Williams
  • March 12, 2010
  • 0 comments

Take Me To Your Cleaners! I’ve been a dupe most of my life. Wide eyed and naive, I stumbled through existence believing almost everything people […]

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Courage Critical Thinking Taking Responsibility

Fear Who? ME?!

  • By Barry Williams
  • March 11, 2010
  • 3 comments

One hour ago I received a phone call from  John R, a Sheriff with The Saskatchewan Government. Draw! if you have enough lead in your […]

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Awareness Caring Taking Responsibility

Mishandling Power

  • By Barry Williams
  • February 24, 2010
  • 2 comments

Not once in my life did anyone talk to me about power or how to handle it. Here I’m speaking about personal or position power […]

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Taking Responsibility

See No Evil

  • By Barry Williams
  • February 17, 2010
  • 2 comments

Having rose colored glasses has its drawbacks. As a big business buffoon I believed so much in positive outcomes I began to gloss over the […]

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Taking Responsibility

Big Mistake Number 2 – Victimitis

  • By Barry Williams
  • February 15, 2010
  • 2 comments

As a child I remember being quite certain about the existence of rules for fair fighting. You know, things like; no kicking folks in the […]

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Taking Responsibility

Big Mistake Number 1 – Wasn’t Me!

  • By Barry Williams
  • February 13, 2010
  • 1 comment

The tough times you may be enduring were created by and for you. The life saving solution and implementation of it must come from you as well.

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