Here’s a corporate bedtime story about a Montana forest fire in 1949. The crew chief, a firefighter named Wagner Dodge, leads fifteen “smokejumpers” into the fire. The story is excerpted from Leadership Presence, a handbook for shy...
“There is a second side to playing fish beyond just tiring them out. That is the psychological. If you can destroy their will to fight, you can subdue them more quickly. That’s the reason why I let fish run on a completely slack line. They think...
B. Realms of Value 1. Ethics. The nature of good and evil. The problems of conduct and ultimate objectives. a. The worth of living. (1) Optimism. Existence is good. Life is worth living. Our outlook can be hopeful. (2) Pessimism. Existence is evil. Life is...
“What is the medical name for a sinking feeling in the pit of the stomach? Epigastric sensation.” from the Handy Science Answer Book ♣Add a Tooltip Text I picked up a DVD of the movie Crash this weekend at a Lawn Sale. (50 cents) Finding Crash...
“And that madness—talking to animals, trees, that part of themselves which suffocates and explodes, that transference—you find it in all women, including women of the middle class. It’s what I call their neurosis. Neurosis in women is so ancient,...
