Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. ~ Will Rogers Hard to argue with that. Or the fact that we must be slow learners, because we continually make decisions without the benefit of complete information. As an example, consider the dessert pictured above. It looks delicious. But you […]
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As we grow older, we gain experience if not wisdom. With that, our assessment of past events evolves. But that’s not all that changes.
It’s all about perspective Read More »
A man may plant a tree for a number of reasons. Perhaps he likes trees. Perhaps he wants shelter. Or perhaps he knows that someday he may need the firewood. ~Joanne Harris, Runemarks Some dear friends recently introduced me to the board game, Catan. It requires quite a lot of strategy, and I would have already
Hey! Settle down there, but where? Read More »
Half a truth is often a great lie. Benjamin Franklin A few weeks ago I conducted a survey (see questions here) and subsequently published a blog that featured some commentary on the responses. At the time, I had not fully analyzed the results and my assessment was preliminary. Some of the questions were not addressed
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If then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you. ~ Leo Tolstoy, Essays, Letters and Miscellanies Do you
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