Just Thoughts

Slam poetry piece: similar versus different. Stereotypes on why they are different.

Too often we are scared. Too often we are scared. Scared of what we might not be able to do. Scared of what people might think if we tried. We let our fears stand in the way of our hopes. We say no when we want to say yes. We sit quietly when we want to scream. And we shout at others, when we should keep our mouths shut. Why?

Picture source. Whenever any American’s life is taken by another American unnecessarily - whether it is done in the name of the law or in the defiance of law, by one man or a gang, in cold blood or in passion, in an attack of violence or in response to violence - whenever we tear at the fabric of life which another man has painfully and clumsily woven for himself and his children, the whole nation is degraded.

What is privilege? Did I really have an advantage as a white male in America? It isn’t as bad as other places right? So I shouldn’t worry about it I guess. Link to the comic itself. The Pencilsword: On a plate.

What is privilege? Did I really have an advantage as a white male in America? It isn’t as bad as other places right? So I shouldn’t worry about it I guess. Link to the comic itself. The Pencilsword: On a plate.

Changing Education Paradigms. How do we learn? What happens as kids grow up? There is one answer and it is in the back.

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How to engage employees that are in jobs that require more than rudimentary cognitive skill. Mechanical skill vs Cognitive skill. Purpose or carrot and stick? Link. Full YouTube Link.

Mindsets. Praise. Self Esteem. Praising turns kids into fixed mindsets.

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Effort is between you and you. Ain’t nobody else can give you effort. Effort is what’s inside. Links. Full YouTube Link.

I knew this years ago when noticing how Facebook was adjusting feeds. People that I didn’t view started getting filtered out and the more I looked at a particular topic I started seeing a lot more suggestions around those topics. Very specific suggested posts and articles too; extremely well targeted. I became acutely aware that I was inadvertently being steered down a path by a feed of information. I was personally looking at motivational material and adventure related sports, but it was easy to see that this was being done across the board.