I just read an article at Kiplinger that I would like to comment on and share with you. The title is called “What Businesses Are Doing to Cut Costs.” Kiplinger is simply reporting what businesses have told them what they are doing without commentary. While this is good journalism it makes for unexciting reading for …
Getting people to think deeply is one of the things I do best. Actually, if I really think about it, my goal is actually to get people to ponder life and have wondrous thoughts that will change them for the better… I owe a lot of my hard gained wisdom to the people who have …
Instead of my usual Saturday Rap I have decided to “rap up” the group writing project on value. This has been great fun and it has taken me awhile to read through all the posts on value. Might I say we have created quite a bit of value in writing these posts. My hope is …
This is my Saturday Rap where I give updates about my site and also give you the best links on the web that I have found this week. First, the site update… You know, I woke up this morning thinking I had nothing to update you guys on. As you saw I could only get …
“Letting Go” It is one of the hardest things to do sometimes. And yet one of the most necessary. Many things hold us back in life… if we let them. And many things will weigh us down… if we let them. To travel far and fast we must travel light. I am an avid backpacker. …
This is my Saturday Rap where I post news about my website and bring you the best links on the web. But today I have only one link and an idea for the blogging community that I would love for everyone to participate in. The link is Hunter Nuttall’s post “What the Hell is Value?” …
Yesterday I talked about how learning to create creates passion. Today I want to switch around and talk a little about how we learn on the job. I believe in lifelong learning. I think we should be constantly studying and improving. I think that gives us a lot of satisfaction in this life. Too many …
Before I get too far ahead of myself I would like to pull in some concepts that I talked about last week, reiterate what I said yesterday, and then go from there. Last week I made 4 major points that set the foundation for talking about education this week. They were: Productivity is Pointless without …
From the beginning of time there has always been an educational system. We are learning animals and therefore we have always learned. Life itself is often the greatest teacher, but as we have progressed as a society we have developed further methods of learning, training, and thought. The argument today is that our schooling system …
This is my Saturday Rap where I give you my site updates and the best finds on the web… First, the site update… I am excited to say that my subscriber count has reached an all time high of 139. To be honest, it was really weird. I hardly posted anything over the holidays and …