Sublime

Have you ever seen a fellow fail at the high jump because he had not gone far enough back for his run? That is Modern Thought. It is so confident of where it is going to that it does not know where it comes from.

People Misunderstand Learning

The same goes for anyone who claims to be “creative.” If you define your personality as creative, it only means you understand what is perceived to be creative by the world at large, so you’re really just following a rote creative template. That’s the opposite of creativity. Everybody is wrong about everything, just about all the time.

The problem is that all these questions are rooted in a misunderstanding of the claims being made. In other words, these slogans (which were never intended as slogans by their authors) are treated like bumper stickers: claims made without a context. Once we appreciate the context of these claims, however, we see two things: First, they mean somethi

The error we make in the realm of intentions is simple but profound: we assume we know the intentions of others when we don’t. Worse still, when we are unsure about someone’s intentions, we too often decide they are bad.

“Most of the sales managers think managing means becoming a rep’s friend,” Andy said.

It is said that art should represent life. So indeed it should, but it labours under the primary disadvantage that no man has seen life at any time.

Sometimes people misunderstand you because they’re only committed to seeing you through the lens of their own reality.

Two decent people are trying to be as nice as they can. No one is setting out to deceive. And yet, gradually, a set of hugely misleading and dangerous ideas about who each person really is is being established.