When setting goals,
DAPPO
Dated
Achievable
Personal
Positive
Objective Fulfilment
We never show values, vision, mission, objectives, or goals to anyone unless they ask to see them so they can help. Principle: It is better to
underpromise and overdeliver.
An inferior man speaks and does not act.
A good man's acts accord with his speech.
A superior man acts, and his actions speak for him.
20090204
5 Levels of Communication ala Powell
My paraphrase:
"If you are on fire, folks will come to watch you burn." - paraphrase of Dale Calvert, in his blog post about public speaking referencing the five levels.
So, when I speak to you, I notice, I know, I think, I believe, I feel, I desire, and I need all at once. In fact, I do all these things all the time every conscious moment of each day.
With the possible exception of believing. I'm understanding "beliefs" psychologically here, to mean mental structures somewhere in the no man's land between thoughts and feelings. That is, beliefs are neither evanescent impressions, like feelings; nor chains binding assumptions and propositions, like logical thinking.
Mood is a close word to what I mean here. A belief is abiding like a mood, but may include rather more thoughts. In fact, a belief might be simply a coupling of mood and thought--not merely what I think about something, but what I intend to do about it because ... . If one follows the linked causes all the way to their root, one will find somewhere a transition from objective statements to normative statements, and it is this transition that I find beliefs. At the interface of fact and feeling as it were.
I. Phatic (Cliches)
II. Factual
III. Evaluative (Opinions, I believe statements, I think statements)
IV. Emotive (Gut, Conviction, I feel statements, I want statements)
V. Communal or Peak (Needs, perforce Vulnerabilities)
"If you are on fire, folks will come to watch you burn." - paraphrase of Dale Calvert, in his blog post about public speaking referencing the five levels.
So, when I speak to you, I notice, I know, I think, I believe, I feel, I desire, and I need all at once. In fact, I do all these things all the time every conscious moment of each day.
With the possible exception of believing. I'm understanding "beliefs" psychologically here, to mean mental structures somewhere in the no man's land between thoughts and feelings. That is, beliefs are neither evanescent impressions, like feelings; nor chains binding assumptions and propositions, like logical thinking.
Mood is a close word to what I mean here. A belief is abiding like a mood, but may include rather more thoughts. In fact, a belief might be simply a coupling of mood and thought--not merely what I think about something, but what I intend to do about it because ... . If one follows the linked causes all the way to their root, one will find somewhere a transition from objective statements to normative statements, and it is this transition that I find beliefs. At the interface of fact and feeling as it were.
20090125
Stolen from Vincent
Captured here.
A caveat to make this Willish:
You must mail me in addition to posting a comment, if a couple of weeks have gone by with no response in the comments thread for this.
Best,
2009-01-23 : Making Stuff
Learned from Ben.
The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you.
This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:
1) I make no guarantees that you will like what I make;
2) It'll be done this year;
3) You have no clue what it's going to be. It could be anything but it will most likely be made of paper;
and
4) I will probably make something pretty nerdy.
If you post, you must agree to spread this sort of "meme" only if you actually want to, rather than paying attention to the instructions for spreading.
And ... Done!
A caveat to make this Willish:
You must mail me in addition to posting a comment, if a couple of weeks have gone by with no response in the comments thread for this.
Best,
Growing Pains
Being an open letter to those experiencing some vagaries of discomfort, having exceeded the design specifications of homo sapiens sapiens:
The body that clothes your soul, your sense of feeling and fact and your vehicle of physical expression, arose out of some specific pressures over a few million years. It historically is called upon to outrun wolves by fifty miles a day and outfight the tigers whose teeth are swords. It is strong to these tasks, and lives on--is fueled by--stories and meaning, meat and nuts and berries, beauty, kith and kin (these last called commonly your tribe).
Traditionally it has perished with use at the ripe old age of thirty and five. Having, by the by, a stomach full of intesinal parasites, a head empty of teeth and cruel, cold, practiced wisdom.
Therefore, if you have over or radically underused these capacities, it will not be unusual if your body's instruments, your feelings, tell you from time to time that something is terribly,terribly wrong. Something usually is.
And even if there isn't, your body thinks you need something to complain about just to keep in practice anyway.
The body that clothes your soul, your sense of feeling and fact and your vehicle of physical expression, arose out of some specific pressures over a few million years. It historically is called upon to outrun wolves by fifty miles a day and outfight the tigers whose teeth are swords. It is strong to these tasks, and lives on--is fueled by--stories and meaning, meat and nuts and berries, beauty, kith and kin (these last called commonly your tribe).
Traditionally it has perished with use at the ripe old age of thirty and five. Having, by the by, a stomach full of intesinal parasites, a head empty of teeth and cruel, cold, practiced wisdom.
Therefore, if you have over or radically underused these capacities, it will not be unusual if your body's instruments, your feelings, tell you from time to time that something is terribly,terribly wrong. Something usually is.
And even if there isn't, your body thinks you need something to complain about just to keep in practice anyway.
20090120
Commercialism
http://www.goldsgym.com/golds/commercials.php
The first one, called Reps, is somehow immensely pleasing to me.
I imagine it's partly the melding of loveliness and determination in the woman, but the music is shockingly delightful to me as well.
The first one, called Reps, is somehow immensely pleasing to me.
I imagine it's partly the melding of loveliness and determination in the woman, but the music is shockingly delightful to me as well.
Why He Isn't a Very Good Friend
I have only really really liked a few musicians' work. I remember having an immoderate love for Tchaikovsky when I was a child. I grew to love Bach, Stravinsky, and Rachmaninov.
Then I hit puberty. Five years passed, during which little of note to our story occured, and then there was Evanescence.
I had known folks who fanatically followed, who changed their lifestyles to reflect the culture of the band. I never thought I would even come close to that level of commitment.
Oh, but Amy Lee's wistful soprano made short work of that. Although I didn't ever change my lifestyle, so began and enduring love of goth girls.
Then a friend of mine introduced me to Andrew Peterson, an explicitly Christian poet and novelist, whose primary expression is writing terribly, wonderfully true songs.
More recently, an unfriend of mine pointed out Priscilla Ahn to me for
a listen. While I don't think she'll turn out to be quite as major as Andrew or Amy, she definitely appeals to my weakness for dark haired women who sing.
Which is why my friend Chris is a bad, bad man. No one should have a haunting temptress lowered on himm like a boom.
So beware of Chris Newton. He might introduce you to some winsome singer who alters your worldview.
Then I hit puberty. Five years passed, during which little of note to our story occured, and then there was Evanescence.
I had known folks who fanatically followed, who changed their lifestyles to reflect the culture of the band. I never thought I would even come close to that level of commitment.
Oh, but Amy Lee's wistful soprano made short work of that. Although I didn't ever change my lifestyle, so began and enduring love of goth girls.
Then a friend of mine introduced me to Andrew Peterson, an explicitly Christian poet and novelist, whose primary expression is writing terribly, wonderfully true songs.
More recently, an unfriend of mine pointed out Priscilla Ahn to me for
a listen. While I don't think she'll turn out to be quite as major as Andrew or Amy, she definitely appeals to my weakness for dark haired women who sing.
Which is why my friend Chris is a bad, bad man. No one should have a haunting temptress lowered on himm like a boom.
So beware of Chris Newton. He might introduce you to some winsome singer who alters your worldview.
New Words, Same Heard Voice(s)
I had no idea how self indulgent my identification with the Prince in Black might be until a good man was asking me about this space the last quarter of last year. Thus I must change my splash text for this blog.
I was reminded that is not, in fact, easy to be green the day before yesterday, and thus--
Old and bust3d:
New and shiny:
I was reminded that is not, in fact, easy to be green the day before yesterday, and thus--
Old and bust3d:
Actually, the quote from Hamlet is:If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart
Absent thee from felicity awhile,
And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain,
To tell my story.
New and shiny:
Being Subtitled: The Lovers, the Dreamers, and Me (link to song to follow)
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