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Thought Tweet #734

by Rick Baker
On May 9, 2013

Thought Tweet #734 I'm annoyed by that cliché, 'skin in the game'. I want to hear about skull in the game.

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Let's forget about putting money in & getting that pound of flesh and set our sights a bit higher...that is, let's concentrate on kilograms of neurons packaged in open-minded skulls. It is time we started to recognize the attributes delivered in the form of thick skin and thin skulls.

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Brain: about the Human Brain | Thick Skin & Thin Skull | Thought Tweets

Thought Tweet #733

by Rick Baker
On May 8, 2013

Thought Tweet #733 Extra, Extra, Read All About It: The Future Shock Pandemic Is Upon Us. Many now unable to return phone calls.

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

When Alvin Toffler warned us about Future Shock he didn't mention all these people would become so shocked they wouldn't even be able to return phone messages!

Thought Tweet #732

by Rick Baker
On May 7, 2013

Thought Tweet #732 "...the parasites live where the great have little secret sores."

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

According to history or legend, when the great Henry Ford was caught in a very compromising situation he said, "Never complain, never explain". We cannot believe everything we read, so - perhaps Henry Ford was never in that compromising situation and even if he was perhaps he never said that never-never quip. And, perhaps Henry Ford was simply making timely use of the wisdom expressed earlier by the great British statesman, Benjamin Disraeli?

Regardless, Disraeli or Ford or both, "Never complain, never explain" makes for an interesting story-example of what makes great men great.

 

PS: "...the parasites live where the great have little secret sores."

Many people have a negative impression of Friedrich Nietzsche. I'm not one of them. Just after Disraeli's death, when Ford was a young man, Nietzsche wrote those words. ['This Spoke Zarathustra'...written in 4 parts, during the 1880's]

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Beyond Business | Hero Worship | Thought Tweets

Thought Tweet #731

by Rick Baker
On May 6, 2013

Thought Tweet #731 In days of old, fear made us fit and functional. Now, with many options as close as our remote, we rarely allow that.

       


The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Fear is the part of the human condition that provides us a fighting [or flighting] chance to survive. In tougher-times-of-old, fear-triggered physiological changes pumped blood to our arms so we could fight and to our legs so we could run. 

Now...

Rather than fight we take out our aggression on a big bowl of popcorn while watching GSP doing MMA on PPV.

And, rather than run we calm our troubled minds by watching Honey Boo Boo reruns.

Now, more often than not, fear bypasses our arm and leg muscles and finds its way to our bellies and hips.

Thought Tweet #730

by Rick Baker
On May 3, 2013

Thought Tweet #730 Social Media provides an excellent opportunity to say what you say instead of do what you do.

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Are you hunkering down over anti-social media?

Some thoughts about Fake Work.

 

...yes...pots do call kettles black.

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Humour | Marketing | Thought Tweets

Thought Tweet #729

by Rick Baker
On May 2, 2013

Thought Tweet #729 Social Media - the convoluted opportunity to watch what they say, not what they do.

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Are you hunkering down over anti-social media?

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Humour | Marketing | Thought Tweets

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