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Category Archives: Getting Along with Each Other
Removing My Restrictor Plates
In some NASCAR races, the cars are fitted with restrictor plates to reduce the amount of air coming into the engines. This, in turn, reduces the power of the cars, limits how quickly they can accelerate, and prevents them from … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged confidence, Fear, floating, gratitude, inner work, Letting Go, meditation, NASCAR, peace, power, restrictor plates, speaking, Wim Hof, Wim Hof breathing
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Review of Talking to Strangers
Talking to Strangers is an intriguing book about communication by Malcolm Gladwell. Along with the two other books of his that I’ve read, this one is engaging, thorough, captivating, and easy to read. Gladwell once again discusses complicated ideas in … Continue reading
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Tagged assumptions, body language, communication, facial expressions, lies, Malcolm Gladwell, Review of Talking to Strangers, Talking to Strangers, truth, understanding
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The Daily Stoic: “Protect the Flame”
I love the portion of this entry from The Daily Stoic about how we can only control our own flame. That’s useful for me to keep in mind when I feel like hardly anybody else cares about making a positive … Continue reading
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Tagged drive, Epictetus, flames, good works, passion, positivity, The Daily Stoic, The Daily Stoic: "Protect the Flame"
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The Value of “Begin With the End in Mind”
In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Habit 2 is Begin with the End in Mind. By this, Stephen Covey literally means the end of your life. He tells you to imagine your funeral and notice who is there … Continue reading
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Tagged Begin with the End in Mind, decisions, destination, emotions, goals, higher perspective, planning, priorities, self-improvement, Stephen Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The Value of "Begin With the End in Mind", thoughts, Zoom Out
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Exploiting Glitches in the Matrix
I’ve always been fascinated by people who’ve done things differently. Those who fall into line and do things exactly as everyone else does them have never impressed me. They don’t do anything differently, accomplish anything great, or stand out in … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Humanitarian Things, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged accomplishment, achievement, Ashrita Furman, Christian Picciolini, communication, Daryl Davis, David Goggins, doing the impossible, Exploiting Glitches in the Matrix, Matrix, Megan Phelps-Roper, mindset, obstacles, solutions, solving problems, Wim Hof
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Be Careful
Be careful what you decide you know about other people. It’s easy to look at someone through a particular lens and think that you understand them fully. But do you truly know someone else’s intentions? Can you always determine their … Continue reading
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Tagged assumptions, Be Careful, benefit of the doubt, intentions, mental health, mental peace, understanding, values, views
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Being the Rubber Duck
I’ve decided to stop giving personal advice unless someone specifically asks for it. I was thinking about this at work recently. Some computer programmers keep a rubber duck on their desk. If they get stuck when they’re working on a … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, Being the Rubber Duck, empathetic listening, empathy, Holding Space, rubber duck, understanding
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Logical Fallacies and Other Conversation Stoppers
This is a short list of things that bring conversations to a halt and tend to turn them into hostile exchanges. While this is not an exhaustive list, it is a list of issues I frequently see and which frustrate … Continue reading
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Tagged civility, communication, conversations, exchanges, hostility, logical fallacies, Logical Fallacies and Other Conversation Stoppers, understanding
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Some Recent Thoughts About Online Communication
I had a recent realization that may explain why online communication can so easily become hostile. Online communication consists mostly of text and has a small amount of audio and video. Posts, comments, questions, answers, and arguments almost are almost … Continue reading
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Tagged civility, communication, hostility, internet, misunderstandings, Some Recent Thoughts About Online Communication
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