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Chesterton's Fence is not an admonishment of anyone who tries to make improvements; it is a call to be aware of second-order thinking before intervening. It reminds us that we don't always know better than those who made decisions before us, and we can't see all the nuances to a situation until we're intimate with it.
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The offer of certainty is not worth having
accept the great challenge that you don't know anything like enough yet and receive doubt as a gift knowing that, in this life, there is always more to discover.
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To admit that there is are details counter to your thesis, fully admitted, is to show the honesty of your intellectual pursuit(s).
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The only way to truth is to take a s.i.d.e
Skepticism - do not accept things at face value
Inquiry - ask questions
Doubt - never stop sharpening your beliefs
Evidence / Empiricism - rely on logic and the scientific method
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Why is it that you want to show your goodness to others? What is your motivation? Do good things, regardless of your audience.
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Louche (loosh/adj) - disreputable or sordid, but in a somewhat appealing way...
Photo courtesy of the Daytona Beach News-Journal
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If you've ever considered whether it be a good idea to write someone a personal note, do so; you've probably underestimated the happiness it will bring.
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Contests, whether geopolitical, financial, athletic, or social, determines the winning side, and is the best chance for the world to move forward
shown: a Russian submarine
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Fashion or optimization? DFS is a world leading travel retailer under the umbrella of LVMH (DFS in this instance stands for "Duty Free Shoppers").
"DFS" is also another way of describing the beginning method of business optimization, with D standing for "Description" (of the process to be optimized), F (formulation of the issue mathematically), and S (for its solution, feasible or optimal)
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91 pages dedicated to a discussion of faith, reason, and what it (may) mean to be alive.
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Material possession is, in its heart, not aspirational. It is a distraction.
If it is your sole desire to pursue success with the only motivation being acquisitiveness, you will find 100% disappointment in your cupidity.
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Simple thinking is preferred; when caught up in life with too many things that require too much of your attention, scrape away all that doesn't really matter and focus specifically today on one simple concept: How to be better (today). Define it, publish it, take action, and persist.
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Make Resolutions
Publish them
Act on them
Persist
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#adam smith#service#motivation#sales#management#communication#philosophy#psychology#listening#success#friendship
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Communication
"I submit my words into public scrutiny, to be tested, analyzed, teased and tossed about, by my peers, not for reflexive approbation, nor equal damnation, but as a method for improvement of mind, organization, and meaning, so that the concepts that I carry may, in time, improve and benefit those who listen." -me
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23 lovely pages...
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syndexioi - loosely translated from Latin, meaning "united by the handshake"
In case you may not know, on the left is Richard Nixon, the 37th US President, and on the right, Elvis Presley, a rock-n-roll legend.
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