Be Conscious of time You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think Marcus Aurelius Tweet Listen to the Episode As a kid, I was always told, the older you get the faster time goes. While your young, you don’t put much stock into this. However, eventually, you…
The Right Tools – Inexperience Caused Delay “I had the tools, but my inexperience caused the delay.” Matt Cole Tweet Listen to the Episode Not sure if I should quote myself, but here we are. This thought occurred to me as I was working on my refrigerator. I had to replace the water filter. I…
True Knowledge = Knowing Nothing “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” Socrates Tweet Listen to the Episode Socrates may have said this in jest, but true wisdom goes beyond knowledge and understanding. Wisdom is the quality of good judgement, experience and knowledge. This takes time. To have true wisdom, even more…
Study History to Change Present “If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.” Baruch Spinoza Tweet Listen to the Episode Spinoza was a Dutch philosopher known for his Ethics. He was born in 1632, but his ‘study the past’ quote still holds true today. When asked many would agree…
Input “Your input determines your outlook. Your outlook determines your output, and your output determines your future.” Zig Ziglar Tweet Listen to the Episode Ziglar is known as a motivational speaker and salesman. However, over his bestsellers and motivational speaking, his positive look on life stands out. He as we all, had tragedy growing up….
Information Overload and Choices “Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.” Gertrude Stein Tweet Listen to the Episode We are bombarded with information. Most of it is noise. We must internally ignore the noise. We can then focus on the information that aids us with our desire, purpose,…
Worldly Sacrifice “There can be no progress, no achievement, without sacrifice, and a man’s worldly success will be in the measure that he sacrifices.” James Allen Tweet Listen to the Episode James Allen adds “a man’s worldly success” when conveying sacrifice. Does he mean the individual must give up worldly goods for the betterment of…
Personal Information Bank What I need is to make my own personal information bank. Over time, I realized I seem to have forgotten more than I currently know. This is done due to information changing, advancing, growing and at times being discarded or inaccurate. What I should had been doing is creating a personal knowledge…
In my pursuit of building a second brain, I came across the original (or known oldest) method, the Zettelkasten Method. Zettelkasten Method Origin The German word ‘Zettelkasten’ means ‘slip box’, created by Niklas Luhmann. Technically ‘zettel’ means slip and ‘kasten’ meaning box. The scholar used slips of paper in a box while utilizing this method…
Recently had a dream, and oddly it involved critical thinking skills along with critical thinking questions. I was in a classroom and posed a question to the class and teacher. The scenario involved individual choices, due to the class discussing ramifications on choice. One student became ill due to an action involving poor choices. I…
