I don’t trust people who “know” things.
Let me be clear: I have greatly benefitted from the knowledge of others. There are many things to learn all around us. There is no degree, title, badge, or uniform that offers clear delineation of whom may be a teacher in the school of life. If you want to find out who has [...]

In having any type of debate with another person, there are many reflexive responses that are identifiable fallacies that would never pass muster in even a Freshman-level debate club. People often turn to specious reasoning and personal attacks and diversions from the real subject when in the midst of confrontation. However, in my personal experience, if I’ve [...]

Any business must, first and foremost, serve a need. There are plenty of needs out there, each representing a person in need. There are just as many clichés as how to best serve a need. Give a man a fish or teach him to fish. Common wisdom tells us that teaching a man to fish is greater both morally [...]

You’ve probably heard that there is no such thing as a stupid question.
I beg to differ!
Being a contrarian is nothing new for me, but examining such “common wisdom” is all a part of communication strategy. If the purpose of a question is to obtain information, then there are certainly questions that not only do not obtain, [...]

If it can be said that no good deed goes unpunished, then there are few things in life that are quite so punishing as loyalty in friendship. Sometimes, the more loyal one is to their friends, it only seems to beg the question in others if loyalty to one is inherently disloyal to another. Sometimes we can [...]

The job market stinks. That much is obvious to the millions looking for work.
However, that’s no reason for the relative few companies hiring to feel all ecstatic! Like a powderkeg or stick of dynamite, the current situation is powerful but dangerous.
Things always change, and as a matter of opinion, it seems to hit hardest those who assumed [...]

It’s a given that most people choose to avoid direct conflict… I don’t have empirical numbers to cite, but the anecdotal evidence in this case is overwhelming. Many of us perceive conflict as a waste of resources and energy and as being generally disorderly and uncivilized. Our perceptions of conflict often don’t come from the best examples… [...]

Obama wants you to go back to school.
Well, I didn’t get a phone call about it or anything. But I have seen a lot of ads saying so, and as we all know, advertising is always truthful and accurate. Seems he especially wants you to enroll if you’re a single mom. And, if I make an inference, he [...]

Okay, this has been a hot enough news topic, especially as it relates to strategy and planning, that I must address it.
Is Sarah Palin’s resignation a bright move, or is that glow about to flame out?
Several things… the first being is that whether it is the right move is something for her and her family [...]

It has been said and often repeated that no battle plan survives contact with the enemy. The reason is simple… warfare, like any conflict, requires adaptability and realization of constantly changing circumstances. While war is at the extreme of all conflict, it is by no means dissimilar in nature from other forms.
It is for this reason that [...]