February 27, 2021
TWO STATE LEGISLATURES HAVE NOW VOTED TO BLOCK PRESIDENTIAL ‘EXECUTIVE ORDERS’ if determined by their Attorney General and Legislature to be unconstitutional. Oklahoma followed North Dakota in a response to “power grabs & abuse of power in the form of... Continue
Weekly Report 20-19
February 24, 2021
“BUSYWORK IS OFTEN CHARACTERIZED AS A FORM OF PROCRASTINATION THAT FEELS PRODUCTIVE in the moment, but has little lasting impact.” And ‘inbox clearing’ is one of those tasks – momentarily satisfying, but often letting us get caught up in low-impact... Continue
Weekly Report 21-18
February 21, 2021
FOR MOST PEOPLE, “NO MEANINGFUL LIFE IS STRESS-FREE, but the big challenge in managing stress, which can otherwise “open the door to ‘Burnout’ – a toxic mix of exhaustion, reduced efficacy and increased cynicism about work, affecting some 2/3 of... Continue
Weekly Report 21-17
February 17, 2021
FOR MOST PEOPLE, CAUTION IN DECISION MAKING IS THE RULE – a phenomenon called Loss Aversion, the idea (supported by years of psychological & economic research) that coin flips are never better than 50:50 and that “losses loom larger than... Continue
Weekly Report 21-16
February 15, 2021
“ATTEMPTS TO SILENCE OTHERS IS NOW THE PREVAILING ETHOS IN CORPORATE ‘JOURNALISM’ by the three most influential corporate media outlets, searching for online spaces where their believed speech & conduct rules are being violated, then pleading that punitive action be... Continue