Gifts and Spirit

Gifts and Spirit

it is clear that we are not in charge of ourselves or our lives in the ways we would like to believe. We humans are actually like a monkey sitting atop an unconscious tiger racing through the jungle of reality. At every point, the monkey (you or me) is telling itself over and over and over again that we are in charge.

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Speaking True: Guns, Tomahawks, and Tatas

Speaking True: Guns, Tomahawks, and Tatas

A subject that comes up all the time professionally and in my personal encounters in the world is the value proposition. Now, if you're not familiar with that term, it's a marketing term that talks about giving people what they need and want and finding a way to connect their needs, their wants, and what you're trying to give them

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Aren't We All Self-Centered?

Aren't We All Self-Centered?

To put it as a simple question: Do any of us ever do anything that does not somehow align to our own perceived self-interests? And to add the follow up questions: Could it be that it really is nothing more than having awareness of those self-interests, and not fooling ourselves into thinking we are virtuous?

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