"Marketing and sales plays a crucial role as the glue that connects the big structures to the small consumers. Marketing and sales is the mucosal lining of civilization’s intestines. Now something huge is happening..."
"The bottom line is this: if you're not getting 7 to 9 hours of sleep each night, then your mind is numb, memory poor, performance flawed, intellectual and emotional IQ reduced, safety jeopardized, sexual function
If we don’t approach change correctly, we can’t make it happen. If you want to make better changes, you need a better understanding of how things change. This applies as much to your
If we understand that the body cannot be understood as a reducible machine, and the mind resides within all of the body and exercises control over all its functions, then the commonly understood limits of
Colleges and universities limit human evolution to change in small ways. The alternative is mentoring, and people used to do that. Why do people now pay universities $40,000 a year to be 'taught' things disconnected from the
What if understanding your cancer, your depression, or your addiction took you outside of your culture, outside of who you thought you were? Could you go there? How would you get there? ... Read More
Ranging through coming-of-age stories I find so many orphan stories. They’re not just kids who lost their parents, they’re kids who never had any. Why are there so many of these stories? ... The orphan story
Bob Herman was a polymath, a poor musician, a critic of the educational system, and an artist of sorts... He was the person with whom I should have studied. At some level I knew it but didn't do
When we're called to do something by our own internal guidance we simply have to do it... Arrogance is pretending to be what you wish you were but aren't. Being called to action is simply acting
Cultural connection lies at the root of health and growth at all scales: cultural, community, family, and individual. 8 Shields adopts a mentoring approach in which everyone plays a role. In intact cultures everyone who
A peak state is an expansive state of mind that underlies insightful thought and enlightened action. It is roughly equivalent to a state of spiritual awakening. Peak states are relegated to the realm of the
Comparing New York with Vancouver Island, British Columbia provides a compelling contrast of police-enforced social engineering in the USA and Canada... I observed a more progressive view of self-governance, a greater personal involvement in community
