I think it can be, but not necessarily so, especially in the West with its materialistic and secular values. Example: I know people for whom military service is a passion, some for whom it is a profession, some for whom it is employment, some for whom it was better than time in jail. Some find […]
Category: Spirituality
MG Scales in a recent yet timeless speech on the dharma of warriors
Subject: Speech by Major General Robert Scales USA (Ret) at Truman Library, September 12, 2009 Mr. Skelton, Mr Cleaver, distinguished guests and, most importantly, fellow veterans. What a great thrill it is see my comrades in arms assembled here so many years after we shared our experiences in war. Let me give you the bottom […]
Remembering Socrates and disciplined dialogue
i was remembering his analogy of the ship at sea in a storm, and that democracy is not well suited (his conclusion not mine)for voting in the right person to take the wheel, that what we really want is the best captain at that moment of storm, regardless of whatever other short comings he may […]
Profitable ETF trading strategies: cooperating with the voice of the future
Trading is by its very nature a crapshoot, filled with uncertainty. People find trading so difficult because it rewards the ability to maintain an open mind with respect to performance and uncertainty, whereas our pattern matching brain desires to create order out of chaos no matter what the cost. We like to believe that there […]
Developing emotional intelligence: a challenge for 21st-century education
In many organizations with a strong hierarchical culture, we place a premium on the deep insights and reflective learning of our most senior leaders. In these organizations it makes a lot of sense in conventional times to value their insights above all others. It would be normal in this kind of organization when faced with […]
walking at night
i just walked the dog at midnight, like i do every night about this time. i was alone except for molly (the corgi) and ziggy (the westie). we were escorted by the cries of coyotes all around us. 3 different voices tonight, very mournful. they were about half a mile away, giving the local farm […]
Admiration for Andy Roddick
has a great career, a great wife, world class skills, more money than he can spend, and nothing to prove. he is comfortable in his own skin and ihas a career that will stand the test of time. And he still has the courage and grit to get out there and play the match of […]
Profitable ETF Trading Strategies: Kipling’s Jungle Books metaphor in trading
I have written in previous articles about the power of metaphor in trading. Our evolutionary brain makes powerful use of analogy to reason about new situations to find effective behavior. To see in a flash that this situation is like that situation and that what worked for success over there might work over here is […]
Profitable ETF Trading Strategies: a craftsman’s approach to trading
How you think about the activity of trading in the world has a powerful influence on the planning preparation and execution of your trading plan. Robert Pirsig describes the mindset of Grail seekers in his excellent book Zen and the Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance. He called it the romantic approach and associated with things like […]
Profitable ETF Trading Strategies: Choose your self-talk wisely
The words we use matter. Words have power to shape our outcomes and direct our way through the future. Language is connected to our deepest emotional centers and affects us in profound ways. Steven Pinker makes the point that it is the artifact of language which distinguishes us from other species far more than the […]