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Top 9 Ways to Ruin Your Business

Normal is Over! — Normal is Over! We all thought we would get back to normal once the pandemic calmed down. Now everyone, except those who are incredibly naïve or deep into conspiracy theory, realizes THIS (whatever “this” is) IS NORMAL. We will never return to the normal we once had, no matter how…

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Did COVID Kill the American Dream?

In the words of the movie Team America: “America, Fcuk Yeah” — In the words of the movie Team America: “America, Fcuk Yeah” Yes, I realize that suggesting there’s truth in the headline may be seen as heresy by some. …

Business Leadership

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Are You Dangerous Enough to Make a Difference?

Why is Dangerous So Attractive? — Why is Dangerous So Attractive? At some point, many people find themselves attracted (even if it is just secretly) to someone dangerous. If this hasn’t happened to you, maybe you wondered why your seemingly intelligent friends suddenly aligned themselves with a bully they had previously scorned. Or an ordinarily conservative…

Business

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Are You Dangerous Enough to Make a Difference?

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Harnessing the Irrational, Doing the Impossible

Persuasion, bias, and manipulation, we are all intrigued by these things. Moreover, how do “they” get intelligent people to do what they… — Persuasion, bias, and manipulation, we are all intrigued by these things. Moreover, how do “they” get intelligent people to do what they want? I’m not overstating things when I say, my entire life’s work has been driven by a single question: Why do people do what they do, even when…

Leadership

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Harnessing the Irrational, Doing the Impossible

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·Apr 1

The Putin Code

Emotional Source Code© of Vladimir Putin — Emotional Source Code© of Vladimir Putin What drives a person to do what they do? What about a person like Vladimir Putin #CIA suggests Putin might use nukes to “win” war in #Ukraine️. Is this real or propaganda? Putin’s Emotional Source Code and Anatomy of Meaning© profile show no dividing line between him and Russia. …

Putin

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·Updated Feb 9

The Great Resignation: Proof That We’re Not What We Do

When we ask someone, who are you? They will most often, and not unreasonably, respond with their name. A name that, in most cases, someone… — When we ask someone, who are you? They will most often, and not unreasonably, respond with their name. A name that, in most cases, someone else gave them. If we push past their name, they will likely tell us their occupation. …

Business

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The Great Resignation: Proof That We’re Not What We Do

Sep 13, 2021

Perception is 9/10 of Reality

What’s the psychology behind why exactly the same thing can have completely different meanings to any one of us? Perception or Illusion? — Traffic was lighter than he expected, and, on top of that, he had gotten the time mixed up. His time was 7:45, not 6:45. He was a full hour early. It was the first date, and he knew he should have waited to order, but he hadn’t eaten all day…

Psychology

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·Sep 10, 2021

Why We Desperately Cling to Bad Decisions!

Unraveling the Psychological connection between 20 years in Afghanistan, Cults and Bad Boyfriends — Unraveling the Psychological connection between 20 years in Afghanistan, Cults and Bad Boyfriends The Last C17 aircraft lifted off from Hamid Karzai International airport at 3:39 PM (EDT) on August 30th, 2021, ending a nearly twenty-year occupation of Afghanistan. I’m sure that at that moment, mothers of both Americans and Afghans wept for their own valid reasons.

Business

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Why We Desperately Cling to Bad Decisions!

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·Aug 24, 2021

Subjective Maps of Reality

“If your reality is not my reality, which one of us is living in the Metaverse”? — “If your reality is not my reality, which one of us is living in the Metaverse”? How we determine what is real from what is an illusion is a little less definitive than most of us would imagine. Let me explain… When we encounter a situation that appears in some way similar to a previous one, both our nervous system and brain reference our emotional source code.

Leadership

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·Jul 26, 2021

Are You Rational-Lying to Yourself?

Why becoming a Mr. Spock-style leader would be a disaster! — Why becoming a Mr. Spock-style leader would be a disaster! “It’s really hard,” the CEO in my office was speaking about the chairman of the board of a global organization. “He prides himself on his ability to rationally, or as he likes to say, ‘dispassionately’ make every decision. He says…

Business

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