Tag: leadership
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Physicians Respond To Gun Control
Finally, the American Medical Association has chosen to lobby on behalf of gun research and gun control. As a physician myself (albeit Canadian), I am almost ashamed that they have not done so prior to this. I know from personal experience that most physicians are intelligent, compassionate and interested in research; and they are often…
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What Are The Rules That Run You?
I frequently look around at my culture and wonder how have we gotten to this point of insanity. We are on the brink of collapse as a civilization, if not as a species, and yet there is so little surface evidence of this. When I dig, there is lots of evidence. Two recent emails posts…
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The Problem of Visioning
Having a vision is a problem! There are, unfortunately, multiple problems with having a vision. Earlier, I mentioned three phases to an effective vision. First, an emotionally rich, multi-sensory vision. How to achieve this? Whenever I analyze a problem, and create a detailed statement or list of how I should respond or what others should…
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The Power of Visioning
Vision is like a good novel — it is a fiction that motivates. From Murakami on Gaza (thanks to John Hanagan on Facebook). Haruki Murakami accepted the Jerusalem Prize for Literature in 2009. This is from his acceptance speech. “Between a high, solid wall and an egg that breaks against it, I will always stand on…
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The Issues of Global Warming, Part 2
I recently completed my PhD (Wisdom University, 2012), my dissertation being Acedia and its Transformation. I came to believe that acedia — an ancient word, almost obsolete in our culture — accurately describes our difficulty in dealing with global warming. For those who want to fast-track many (but not all) of the ideas of this…
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The Issues of Global Warming, Part 1
In this post, I am going to cover some basic ideas as to the nature of global warming and the terminology I am using. First of all, global warming is a technological issue. The earth is being heated, largely because of human activity, and largely due to the greenhouse effect of carbon dioxide and methane…
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Welcome
In the past two days, I have received two key emails. Both seem vitally important to me in the resolution of global warming. If you are not able to access them, I’ll be happy to forward my copies. Al Gore’s The Turning Point: New Hope for the Climate(Rolling Stones, 2014 June 14), and Charles Eisenstein’s…
Awakening From Your Anger 