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Managing Thinking, Creative People — Why?
Look it up on the Internet sometime: how to manage people. It’s something business and corporation interests obsess about: How to Manage People Who Don’t Want to Be Managed Managing Difficult People Don’t Manage: Lead Be the Leader That People … Continue reading
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Tagged creativity, freedom, individual, manage, managing people, thinking
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How Many Friends Is “Normal”?
When we live too much in the imaginary world of TV, movies, and social media, we start to believe that fantasy is reality. Take friendship, for example. In the land of myths, six to eight young, attractive, witty men and … Continue reading
Posted in america, Culture, Daily Life, Encouragement, Family, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, Relationships, self-improvement, success
Tagged family, friends, friendship, movies, sisters, TV
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So American — Assigning Value Numbers to People
In the U.S., we pride ourselves on being a classless society, but we’re really not. We have our Hollywood idols, our political royalty, our Silicon Valley Influencers, and a selection of Instagram celebrities who are famous because . . . … Continue reading
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Tagged celebrity, good shepherd, important, rich, score, value
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Too Much Stuff? Yes, It’s Stressful
It’s fun to have things, nice things — a car that works, comfortable furniture, books and mugs and clothing and kitchen appliances and meaningful knick knacks — stuff. And, in the United States, most of us have a lot of … Continue reading
Posted in america, Culture, Daily Life, Encouragement, home, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, self-improvement, simple living, success
Tagged hoarders, material, mental, stress, stuff
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Who Wants to Be Angry All the Time?
This last week, I encountered a number of angry, irritated people. A couple of them came out verbally swinging, and while my first reaction was to swing back, I didn’t. Instead, I did the old “a soft answer turns away … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, angry, customer, palouse falls, problems, water
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The Power of Doing Nothing
Busy, purposeful, efficient, enterprising — these are words of excellence and worth in American culture. When you think about it, the U.S. doesn’t actually have a culture, unless you consider going to work, thinking about ways to get rich, spending … Continue reading
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Tagged america, business, Christian, culture, U.S.
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God Made the Boat. You’re the Boat. God’s Not Going to Burn up the Boat.
The American Evangelical “Christian” church has much to answer for in people’s confusion about God. After all, their central tenet is this: God made you. You’re a sinner. Because God is perfect and you’re a sinner, He can’t stand you … Continue reading
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Tagged boat, captain, Christianity, evangelical, God
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Sunlight: Still Free, Still Available to All of Us
Sunlight is a gift given to all life on the planet. So far, the few humans whose goal is to own everything, control everything, and take everything from everyone else, haven’t managed to limit the supply of sunlight, package it … Continue reading
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Tagged darkness, light, sunlight, truth
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Kicked out of the Group? Take Time to Think
It’s difficult to think deep, serious, life changing thoughts in the middle of a rock concert. Obviously, rock concerts aren’t set up for deep thinking and meditation — so why try? But, in a sense, we do. In the American … Continue reading
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