by Rick Baker
On Nov 15, 2013
Thought Tweet #870 5 reasons to listen: (1) to respond, (2) to act, (3) to understand, (4) because it's your job, & (5) because you like people.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet
Most people listen poorly.
It's reciprocal: people don't listen to them so they return the disfavour.
Then there's this pent up ego demand to express thoughts rather than listen to them.
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If we don't relearn how to listen evolution is going to adapt our ears into oblivion.
[One drawback of civilization: people who don't listen no longer get eaten by predators.]
by Rick Baker
On Nov 11, 2013
Thought Tweet #866 The only reason you are not a donkey is that your mother and father were not donkeys.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet
- "The only reason you are not a rattlesnake is that your mother and father were not rattlesnakes." Dale Carnegie, 'How to Win Friends and Influence People', (1939 - Toronto publication)
- Don't judge too harshly. Don't judge too quickly. Don't judge.
- ...in search of political correctness...Sure hope no donkeys are reading this.
by Rick Baker
On Nov 7, 2013
Thought Tweet #864.5 "Men are ruled by toys." [Perhaps, there is joy in things.]
The Thinking Behind The Tweet
My favourite composer, Richard Wagner apparently said, "Joy is not in us, it is in things."
I understand the 'theory' but struggle with the 'practice'.
Many things, some small, trigger joy in me: pocket knives and souvenir coins are examples. More specifically, I get a kick out of my Laguiole jack-knives and my Napoleon Bonaparte coin. [200 years ago Napoleon bought Laguiole knives for his officers...that put the Laguiole company on the map... and their knives still display the 'Bonaparte Bee'.]
Napoleon bought lots of trinkets and toys for his officers.
When his practice of buying toys for his men was questioned, Napoleon replied, "Men are ruled by toys."
I understand the 'theory' and the 'practice'.