Most people think that all job-openings are always properly announced, and available without any kind of discrimination based on race, gender or any other political incorrectness. In most parts of the world this is true, although another parallel reality in those parts of the world remains undetected, and has nothing to do with discrimination. It […]
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Beyond Growth and Profit
It is beyond doubt nowadays that we are facing dire challenges as the ecological conditions on planet Earth change, irrevocably to a certain percentage. Even the most hard-core capitalist minds have begun to admit the problem behind closed doors as they notice lower temperatures in Chicago than in Alaska, typhoons in Greece, and heat-waves in […]
The 4th Quality: When Knowledge, Belief, and Truth fail.
Is there any notion more valuable or higher than Truth? And how can one discover it? Furthermore, how can we know it and possess it with absolute certainty? Philosophical theories, scientific discoveries, religious structures, have served and continue to serve humankind. Still, in an uncertain world, they can all prove inadequate in their singularity. The […]
MAKE THE DECISION
There is nothing worse than impulsive decision-making. In business as well as in personal affairs, those who react during the ‘heat’ usually regret it later on. It is a lesson we learn as children, as teenagers, and of course as young adults. But as time goes by, we learn to wait before we […]
The bad advisor called Hesitation
Hesitation is costing large parts of success to billions of people around the world every day. Many different reasons contribute to this. Sometimes people hesitate because they are in doubt. The information they got from college or university proves inaccurate or irrelevant, and what they keep hearing from friends and relatives proves old-fashioned or simply […]
THE THRIVING VANITY BUSINESS
Vanity is a negative thing. It presupposes a few interesting requirements: that you love yourself, that you have a big ego, that you think you are important. Wait a minute…isn’t this the formula of winning people? Isn’t this the precise make-up of champions? Why did we demonize it then? Because those who enter the Vanity-level, […]
CHRONOCEPTIVE INCREASE
News from the World Economic Forum back a few years ago informed us that there were officially more senses than the 5 we know. I have been dealing with this directly or indirectly in all four of my books, and so does Psychology, Cognitive Linguistics, as well as Neuroscience, by making contributions to the biological, […]
Artificial Intelligence and Piano Playing
One of the Big-4 tech companies, well-known to everybody, seems to have developed an artificial intelligence piano. Their initial and bold question was how they could use machine learning to create compelling art and music! At this point, you are probably expecting a seasoned pianist and piano pedagogue to freak-out and start blaming technology for […]