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How to Criticise

written by on 2025-02-06

How to compose a successful critical commentary: You should attempt to re-express your target's position so clearly, vividly, and fairly that your target says, "Thanks, I wish I’d thought of putting it that way." You should list any points of agr... more


Serenity Prayer

written by on 2025-02-06

There are parallels between the Serenity Prayer and the Stoic Agenda ... Serenity Prayer: Christian theologian Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971) God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things... more


Cost of Regulations

written by on 2025-02-03

Regulators are not without costs to the economy. More regulations (and regulators) cost jobs and the economy. "Each $1 million change in the regulatory budget is associated with a change of about four regulator jobs. With our new update, we now f... more


Running Zones

written by on 2025-01-20

This is the simple way to think of training long distance Use the 80/20 Pareto idea of 80% of runs in the low zone and 20% in higher zones. This will build an aerobic base with some speed. To think of these zones, and for practical purposes, thin... more


Calculating the true cost of an item

written by on 2024-12-27

How much does your phone really cost? Price Let's just say, for this discussion, that the price of your phone is: $300 What you pay The amount you pay is: Price + Sales Tax Sales Tax (let's assume 0.08%) = 300 * 0.08% = $24 You pay: $300 + 0.08% ... more


The Ten Cannots

written by on 2024-12-20

The Ten Cannots from William J. H. Boetcker (1916) You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help little men by tearing down big men. You cannot lift the wage earn... more


John Wooden Quotes

written by on 2024-12-17

Favorite things John Wooden Said ”Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.” “Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.” “Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given... more


Favorite Stocism Quotes

written by on 2024-12-04

Here are some of my favorite stoicism quotes Epictetus “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” "Some things are in our control and others not. Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a w... more


Doing the right thing

written by Matthew Rensberry on 2024-11-19

Life is only in the right now. You can only act right now. When in doubt, just do the only next right thing. How should you live? “Your questions are unanswerable, because you want to know how one ought to live. One lives as one can. …if you do w... more


Types of People and the Cost of Stupid

written by on 2024-11-13

Human Stupidity Always and inevitably, everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation. The probability that a certain person be stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person. Human beings fall into four... more