Sunday Open Thread – April 8, 2007

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What I’m planning on writing about soon:

  • Getting Better: Why are there so few excellent craftspeople, and so few excellent conversationalists? Bad practice?
  • Changing Information Behaviours: It’s very difficult, but here’s how it can be done.
  • On Propaganda and the True Nature of Transactions: How CBC’s illustrious Ideas disgraced itself.
  • A Methodology for Complex Problems (version 3): The last time I will amend this methodology until I test it, this summer, with an Open Space event on (what else) Creating Natural Sustainable Enterprises.
  • Are We Violent By Nature?: Are we more like chimps or bonobos?
  • The ‘M’ word.


What I’m thinking about:


My temper. It’s been a long, cold, miserable spring, but by now I should know better than to lose it. This is my first, and perhaps most important, Let-Self-Change challenge. What’s getting to me? Intolerant people. Dishonest, manipulative people. Greedy people. Mean-spiritedpeople. Sheesh!

What’s rubbing you the wrong way?

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7 Responses to Sunday Open Thread – April 8, 2007

  1. Mike says:

    We’ve had this alleged ‘M’ word article promised for a while now. Is it coming, or are you just jerking us around? :-)

  2. Maurice Miller says:

    I am enjoying reading your blog. Very interesting mix of discussions.Similar to your theme today, my New Year’s resolution was to avoid the negative people in my life as much as possible. It is a good goal for me.

  3. Dave Pollard says:

    Heh, Mike, every time I get started on it I somehow get distracted ;-)

  4. Paul says:

    Why would you choose to give such people such power over your emotions?

  5. Ed says:

    Maurice Miller said:> my New Year’s resolution was to avoid the > negative people in my life as much as > possibleFYI, until you cleanse your negativity inside, those negative people around you will not go away.

  6. Ed says:

    And if you believe your own negativity is not attracting these people, then it is some other intention of yours. Things show up to validate what we hold true inside. Thus, you are either one of them (but in denial), or you want them to show up so you can understand them and cause change within them.

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