People With Mediocre Minds
Another way to say this is that weak minds don’t retain big thoughts. A mind is weak when that mind is left undeveloped. My focus in this chapter is on the potency of reading as it pertains to developing the mind and ultimately, the worth of an individual. Heavy Weights Imagine for a moment that you are watching a game of ‘throw and catch’ between a grown man and a four year old and the object they are throwing happens to be a bag of cement. For the grown man, catching the bag of cement...
Read MoreThe Economic Crunch: Unliving The Lies
It is amazing how this global economic recession has become a propagator of tales; tales ranging from misfortunes, financial wreckages, broken hearts, soberness, and more frequently an increased art of prudence. Everywhere you turn you hear stories of how people have been battered and tattered by the melt down around the world. You read new blogs, which the writers were forced to start since they lost their job, chronicling their lives with no pay and how they are attempting to make the best of...
Read MoreThe Pareto Principle
The Pareto principle, also known as the 80-20 rule (the law of the vital few and the principle of factor sparsity) states that for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes (As stated in the Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia). This principle has also been applied to many morel areas of life outside business. In recent times I’ve been wondering why in most cases 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. It really amazes me when decisions are taken based on...
Read MoreUnderstanding – The Key To Managing Diversity
Taking a class in diversity management has helped clear my ignorance on the subject matter. There is no feeling as soothing as knowing what you never used to know, and seeing that what you now know will help you know what you are yet to know. I always saw issues of diversity as bordering on race and ethnicity, concerns for which the world is greatly suffering because it still is awed by the complexities of the multiplicity of mankind (ha ha ha….crack that). Also, another error of thought...
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