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- Now For Some Math You Thought You'd Never Use - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2013 from Kenneth Vogt"To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me." ~Isaac Newton "Calculus" is a label we might use to signify impenetrable mathematics, egghead stuff that only nerdy professor types can understand, let alone use. No ...
Views: 2402 - Past Performance Does Not Guarantee Future Results - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2013 from Kenneth Vogt"Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future." ~Oscar Wilde If you have ever bought shares of stock, a bond, or shares in a mutual fund, you were presented with the disclaimer, "Past performance does not guarantee future results." The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission requires ...
Views: 1639 - Escape the Trap of Reason - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2013 from Kenneth Vogt"Man is the only kind of varmint that sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it." ~John Steinbeck It's a bold thing to call reason a trap. The skeptics will say that is exactly what someone who can't hold up their end of an argument would say. After all, if you can't state your case with ...
Views: 1598 - I Knew I Should Have Paid Attention In English Class - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2013 from Kenneth Vogt"People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself." ~Ernest Hemingway Do you remember sitting in school thinking, "When am I ever going to use this stuff in the real world?" I am about to vindicate your 8th grade English teacher. That's ...
Views: 1164(1 vote) - Are the Words You Choose Driving People Away? - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2013 from Kenneth Vogt"Marketing is too important to be left to the marketing department." ~David Packard, cofounder of Hewlett-Packard Company I remember as a child when the biggest brands looked and sounded like this: "New! IMPROVED! BUY! NOW!" Their words shouted figuratively and their announcers shouted ...
Views: 1151 - Why Communication Fails and How to Fix It - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2013 from Kenneth Vogt"Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people." ~William Butler Yeats Spoken (and written) language is a marvelous thing. Communication through the interchange of language makes human society possible, even humanness itself. We have all been wielding language our whole ...
Views: 1139 - You May Not Be Who You Think You Are - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2013 from Kenneth Vogt"Can you see the real me, can ya? CAN YA?" ~Roger Daltrey (The Who) You Are Not Your Job If you ask the typical American who they are, after their name they will likely tell you what they do for a living. This is one reason why the loss of a job is so hard on people. It's one thing to lose ...
Views: 1031 - What You Don't Say Still Gets Heard - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2013 from Kenneth Vogt"Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter." ~John Keats Do you suppose that the written word can be a buffer for any feelings you have about the receiver of your communications? Might it be safe to correspond in writing with someone without first resolving any negative feelings ...
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