So Long, “Motivation 101″…Hello “Choosing the Truth”!
Boy…where to start? So much has happened in the last 90 days, I really don’t know what to talk about first. So I’ll start by explaining the title of this post. Over the next few days, you’re going to...
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There seem to be a lot of opinions about what qualifies as the truth these days. Politicians of every stripe, religious leaders and zealots, philosophers and scientists all clamor for attention as they...
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Andy Rooney, the Truth, and You
“That’s what a writer does. A writer’s job is to tell the truth.” – Andy Rooney I was reading an article about Andy Rooney’s death earlier this week, and I came across that quote. Rooney, best known...
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The Value and Necessity of Thinking for Yourself
“If I told you what it takes to reach the highest highs, you’d laugh and say, ‘Nothing’s that simple.’ But you’ve been told many times before, Messiah’s pointing to the door, and no one had the guts...
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Lessons from 2011 – Lesson 1: Letting Go
For those of you who don’t know, I’ve been doing a new podcast with my good friend, Jackie Dotson (AKA Captain Awesome). Jackie is an all-around badass business therapist, and doing the podcast...
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Indoctrination, Your Beliefs, and You
“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie — deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.” – John F. Kennedy Here’s something you probably...
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Settin’ Sail on the Riff Raft
I’ve been trying to think of a clever way to start this post for a while now, so I’ve decided not to spend anymore time thinking about it and just go ahead and start it. I hope you’ll forgive the lack...
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Letting Go of Labels and Getting to Work
One of the biggest struggles I’ve come up against lately is letting go of my addiction to labels. I realized this the other day when one of my Riff Raft partners, Jackie, was telling me about this...
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The Slippery Slope of Uncertainty
“Once you are open to questioning rituals and time-honored practices, you find that one question leads to another.” – Carl Sagan, Cosmos I just finished reading “God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons...
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Refusing to Believe What Is True
“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to accept what is true.” – Søren Kierkegaard There’s a story in the Gospel of John where Jesus, on trial for...
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