Hands up if you believe it was suicide?
Ok. Of those hands up - keep them up if you think he wasn’t ‘assisted’ in any way.
To those left with their hands up. Seriously? I have a bridge for sale.
Predictable of course … but still not good.
Spoiler Alert - If you ain’t into the flaws of GDPR - don’t bother clicking through.
How Monsanto’s ‘intelligence center’ targeted journalists and activists
How did we not know this? Oh wait …
… like when they paid for a new way OTT police station on Maui South Side that just happened to be at the gates to the Monsanto compound.
I know - right?
White = ‘mentally challenged’
Non White = ‘radicalized terrorist seeking to destroy everything about America.’
Sorry to have to be the bearer of bad news America but if that distinction continues - America has been destroyed.
Content
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Content is a horrible, generic, cheap, ‘anything will do’ kind of word. Which is why it has no value.
STOP using their words to describe OUR work. OUR soul. OUR beliefs. Our passion. OUR effort.
START using our words to describe OUR work. OUR soul. OUR beliefs. Our passion. OUR effort.
Sterling close to at least a 10 year low against the dollar …
The Real Message of Marianne Williamson’s Success
”The problem is not what Williamson is saying, nor that she’s the person saying it. It’s that she was the only Democrat on the stage saying it. Which suggests America’s problems have grown so large we can’t face them.”
T I R E D
When did artificial become a plus?
Seriously America … are you going to wake up? Ever?
New wave of terrorist attacks possible before end of year, UN says.
But.But.But … we were told we’d won!!!
Is the US chicken industry cheating its farmers?
Leading Question?
Yes, but however they phrase it - my personal answer would always be yes - and I’d be right most of the time.
Sad?
Same as it ever was?
Time to stop the shenanigans?
🏏 Anyone? New days. New beginnings and all that.
Play, Passion, Purpose
Needless to say those three words grabbed my attention immediately. And then when he said ...
The culture of schooling is radically at odds with the culture of learning that produces innovators.
Tony Wagner
I was hooked.
Very good Ted Talk - just one gripe ...
He just about opens the talk with
I came to understand, that there's a set of core competencies every young person must be well on their way to mastery before he or she finished high school.
- critical thinking and problem solving
- collaboration across networks and leading by influence
- agility and adaptability
- initiative and entropenorialism
- effective oral and written communication
- accessing and analyzing information
- curiosity and imagination
Tony Wagner
i.e. if you have left school, sorry - we taught you all wrong as to how to succeed in the life in front of you.
What he should have said was
I came to understand, that there's a set of core competencies every person must master.
I know he doesn't mean it and I guess it is about education - but the implication is that you have left school then 'we taught you all wrong'.
Keeping that in mind ... well worth a watch.
Double Digit Delivery
Though this Newsletter has been around intermittently for a few years now, I only harnessed it as a vehicle to share People First thinking in May of this year, Issue One going out on May 31st. Since the launch in May, readership has been steadily growing and judging by the emails received I have hit some nerves with some of the pieces. Definitely a good time to take stock and recap where we have got to.
Age And Your Chances Of Success
Albert-László Barabási
Alberto Laszlo Barabasi @ LinkedIN
Alberto is a pioneer in network science, Albert-László Barabási uncovers the hidden order behind complex systems.
My Thoughts
Excellent summary of how what we just assume to be the truth is bunkum. This applied to our assumptions about age. Bottom line - you are never too old
Rating
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Thinking Allowed
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(not just from the ‘other domain’ … all of them.)