philosophy Archive
Don’t be a Victim
1 Comment Published by Jim April 2nd, 2008 in learning, mind, philosophy, quote, religion, thoughtI could write about this in great detail. It is something I believe strongly about, but there is just one point I would like to make right now. I say this in full realization that such a statement could be considered self-referential.
Anyone who suggests that you are a victim of others, is trying to victimize [...]
Using Magic
0 Comments Published by Jim March 16th, 2008 in business, creativity, philosophy, self-improvement, successWhen I was just out of high school I worked through a temp agency doing light industrial and clerical work. I think that is a great first job since you get to do a lot of different types of work with a lot of different kinds of people. Some of the assignments were [...]
Is Gitmo the new Salem?
0 Comments Published by Jim January 17th, 2008 in news, philosophy, religionOK, at the risk of getting myself on some Government hit list, I really want to share this.
The other day Dawn and I were watching The Majestic with Jim Carey. I really enjoyed the movie. It takes place during the McCarthyism Anti-Communism hearings.
Watching how ludicrous the hearings and investigations were depicted it made [...]
What Kind of Thinker are You?
1 Comment Published by Jim September 10th, 2007 in creativity, learning, mind, philosophy, self-improvement, thoughtYou can take the test on BBC’s Leonardo Da Vinici page.
Here is my results:
You are an Interpersonal Thinker
Interpersonal thinkers:
Like to think about other people, and try to understand them
Recognise differences between individuals and appreciate that different people have different perspectives
Make an effort to cultivate effective relationships with family, friends and colleagues
Like interpersonal thinkers, Leonardo had [...]
High IQ or High EQ?
1 Comment Published by Jim July 13th, 2007 in creativity, learning, mind, philosophy, quote, self-improvement, success, thoughtWith IQ being Intellectual Quotient (ability to understand and organize information), and EQ being Emotional Quotient (ability to understand and organize people). If we were to assume that they are mutually exclusive so a person could only have one or the other, which would you want?
Why?
I would want a high EQ. That would make it [...]
Science of Getting Rich
0 Comments Published by Jim May 24th, 2007 in books, learning, philosophy, self-improvement, success, thought, wealthI just finished reading the Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles. An amazing book. It was published about 100 years ago too. You can read the whole thing on WikiSource. That is where I got it from too. I formatted it all nice and printed it out.
Wallace has [...]
Making Millions with Free Software
2 Comments Published by Jim January 5th, 2007 in creativity, philosophy, wealthThe Mozilla foundation & corporation give away free software and they made $44.7 million dollars after their $8.2 million in expenses in 2005. The bulk of that money is made from search engines (mostly Google), which pay Mozilla when people use the built in search functionality.
If you want an interesting philosophical twist on this [...]
Do actions speak louder than words?
0 Comments Published by Jim December 29th, 2006 in mind, philosophy, quoteI saw this question and answer and it reminded me of the quote “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” by Confucius, which I think could be the ultimate origin of this proverb. What do you think?
Who said, “Actions speak louder than words”?
Talk about a catch-all expression. [...]
Profound questions of Youth
2 Comments Published by Jim December 23rd, 2006 in creativity, family, meme, mind, philosophy, thoughtMy son shared with me some creative questions he came up with at school:
How do you know you are not upside down and gravity isn’t really pulling you up?
Have you ever been your imagination?
Have you ever exceeded your imagination?
Of course part of me wants to give a simple answer, but then I realized that these [...]
Fear vs. Love
0 Comments Published by Jim December 20th, 2006 in Uncategorized, philosophy, quote, self-improvementBill Hicks said:
“It’s just a ride and we can change it any time we want. It’s only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings and money, a choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your door, buy guns, close yourself off. [...]