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1 year ago

Just a thought.

Jim Murray ·

2 years ago

The Canadian Report

Jim Murray ·

4 years ago

Thoughts on Reading from TED talks

Royce Shook · I am a viewer and a reader of TED talks they always give new perspectives or new ideas to think about. Reading is an important part of how I learn so when I saw the following quotes on reading, I thought I would share. · How do we diminish the distance between us? Reading is one ...

4 years ago

How To Pleasure Yourself.

Robert Cormack · According to Nietzsche, being accepted leads to self-loathing. What you really want to be is scandalous. That's just plain sexy. · “You know you can’t please everyone, so you got to please yourself.” Ricky Nelson · I don’t quote Nietzsche much, since he throws words like “slaves” ...

5 years ago

How to wade through fake news

Royce Shook · Daniella Balarezo and Daryl Chen wrote an article for ideas at TED. The article was How to read the news like a scientist and I have highlighted parts of it below. I recommend you read the full article. · 1. Cultivate your skepticism. · Science moves forward by challenging acce ...

6 years ago

On Getting The Government We Deserve

Jim Murray · My sister, and those who read my stuff regularly already know this, is very smart. She sends me all kinds of things to look at that I’m sure she hopes will make me smarter myself. · A couple days ago she sent me this link, which is part of an interview with some cat named Simon S ...

6 years ago

Are We Trying to Please Consumers Or Ted?

Robert Cormack · "I have learned that trying to guess what the boss or the client wants is the most debilitating of all influences in the creation of good advertising."  Leo Burnett · In an article I wrote called: “We’ve spent the last fifteen minutes talking about it,” I noted that a lot has cha ...

6 years ago

Some thoughts on inspiration... and I suppose leadership.

Graham🐝 Edwards · “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. You playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t ...

7 years ago

25 Killer Websites that Make You Clever

Royce Shook · Today at lunch, my friends and I were talking about how 20 years ago, we could get into an argument about which song was number one in 1960 and we could carry on that argument for hours, with no one knowing the right answer. Today if we had the same argument someone would take ou ...

7 years ago

A New Way To Communicate

Royce Shook · In the past few days, there has been an opportunity for me to think about empathy, motivation and realism, and a number of people have emailed different links on these areas. So I would like to share some thoughts from Steve Denning; · A New Way To Communicate (Truly) · You've pr ...

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