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(Friday Filosophy 4/07/23)

Happy Freakin’ Friday!

Good morning from Birmingham, Alabama, where I’m visiting to play in another softball tournament. If you’re new here, every Friday I chall...

There’s a huge delta between what most people perceive as leadership and what true leadership actually entails.  The textbook case study of this is President Donald Trump.  For mental heal...

Every year around Christmas, I hear people imploring others to remember, “the reason for the season.”  (It’s almost as if they’re suggesting there is an alternate purpose than getting a new H...

If you want me to buy your product, join your cause, or embrace your idea – help me believe you.  Because if I think you’re overselling or misleading me, I’m probably going to discount and doub...

In yesterday’s post, I metaphorically slapped you upside the head, sharing some thoughts on why people don’t change.  Let’s explore that deeper… (more…)...

In yesterday’s post, we looked at when it’s good to lie to yourself.  You can actually empower yourself with positive belief.  But this sometimes comes with a dark side…

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Here in the U.S., the Republican Party is in shock, unable to grasp the reality that Donald Trump is going to get their nomination for president. But no student of history should be surprised in the l...

Remember Ralph Waldo Emerson’s axiom, “What you do speaks so loudly I cannot hear what you say”? These were wise and true words in their day. But that was before TV, sound bites and social media...