Posts Categorized: Philosophy

The Liar Paradox is a very ancient puzzle that has been reviewed, revised, and discussed by ancient and modern (e.g. Russell, Quine, Kripke, Tarski, Strawson) philosophers without producing a resolution that has satisfied everyone or even the majority. In the absence of an intellectual consensus, a few bold thinkers have claimed that they had the […]

People are our firm’s best assets. This is perennial expression lurking within many company holiday speeches and annual reports. Additionally, it has become a most common CEO cliché. However, this idea is simply not true. People are vital, people are important, but they are definitely not assets. I understand the sentiment; nevertheless, the analogy is plain […]

As a culture, we often think of exercise (and especially walking, jogging, or running) as a very modern idea, something that is new to our scientific world of plenty. I will admit, I am guilty of this reasoning too. However, as the song says “it ain’t necessarily so”. A while back, I came across a […]

A: Probably not nearly as much as you think. Here is a humbling thought: a good percentage, perhaps even the majority, of everything you ‘know’ is wrong. Of course, this does not mean that your parents, teachers, or mentors lied to you. Instead, this fact is merely a consequence of progress within human civilizations. As […]

I believe that: Everyone is a Teacher. Everyone is a Student. As a result, I’m often given wonderful lessons by a wide variety of people, often at unexpected times. My good friend Phil Gerbyshak has been actively campaigning that people stop “having a nice day” for years. Instead, he suggests that you Make It Great! […]

Some people claim that attitude is everything. I personally disagree with the sheer rhetoric of that statement; nevertheless, a Positive Mental Attitude (PMA) is vital ingredient for true success and a trait you should seek out in friends, co-workers, clients, customers, and contractors. Although PMA does not work like a magical spell, it is powerful catalyst for achievement. […]

I double-dog dare you to start using these four-letter words on a daily basis as a way to express your positive thoughts: Good Life True Give Best Love Pure Care Wise Glad Nice Play Kind Whenever possible, pepper your language with these wonderful four-letter words.

Shortly before Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated, have gave his grandson Arun Gandhi a short list of errors to avoid. Below is the wisdom he shared with him on their last afternoon together: The Seven Blunders of the World Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce without morality. Science without humanity. Worship without […]

A good system shortens the road to the goal. – Orison Swett Marden I just re-read Orison Swett Marden’s best-selling book Pushing to the Front. The original was published in 1894, and it is quite lengthy at 800+ pages and 70 Chapters. Nevertheless, do not let the age of this volume fool you as it […]

Who is the world’s earliest writer known by name?  I asked this question to a group of very intelligent professionals a few years ago and most suggested either Homer (the name given to the poet or poets who constructed the Iliad and Odyssey) or Moses (tradition states he wrote the first five books of the Jewish Bible). […]