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November 2011

Turn A Wall Of Confusion Into A Doorway With Nouns

November 14, 2011

The fact is, if you ask people enough how questions without occasionally referencing the what, who, where and when, people tend to go into a trance state, and use confusion as a substitute for what they do not know. That’s ok, because confusion is a gateway to new understanding. But someone has to go through that gate. With the right question, that can be you.

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How Do You Honor Our Veterans?

November 11, 2011

You may agree or disagree with the policy makers who decide to put these young men and women in harm’s way. You may believe this world to be a dangerous place where the best defense is a good offense. You may believe, like Buckminster Fuller did, that either war is obsolete or humanity is. Or you may believe that our higher calling is to find a way to beat our swords into plowshares. But no matter what you believe, believe this.

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OR State Rep Peter Buckley’s Occupy Ashland Address

November 9, 2011

Our country now offers an increasingly bleak future to young people, an ironically Darwinian vision. Read Peter Buckley’s speech on what’s wrong with this vision, and a compelling alternative vision as well.

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Occupy Movement asks: What’s Gone Wrong With US?

November 7, 2011

Our country, which for so long held forth the idea that if you work hard and play by the rules, you can create a better future for yourself and your loved ones, now offers an increasingly bleak future to young people, an ironically Darwinian vision.

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Turn Conflict Into Cooperation

November 4, 2011

Dealing with difficult people is a subject I have studied in depth, including over a thousand interviews to learn what worked and what didn’t work. I’ve got more than a few tricks up my sleeve, and in this post I’ll share some of them with you.

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Why Learn To Communicate Persuasively? Two Reasons.

November 2, 2011

The ideas and insights I reveal have the potential to dramatically increase your influence on the world around you. No more will you be misled or deceived into making decisions that work against your interests. It is my hope that, as a result of what you learn from my work, you will create a more positive future for yourself, your family, and our world.

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