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Dec 17, 2011
Reality Distortion Fields
The phrase was coined by members of Steve Jobs teams when he wanted to convince them that something they all knew to be false was indeed true. They would quietly whisper, "beware of the reality distortion field, don't get caught in it." Steve, with his powerful, over the top persuasive abilities was able to convince a lot of people a lot of things a lot of the time and it all fit his version of...
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Dec 17, 2011
Reality Distortion Fields
The phrase was coined by members of Steve Jobs teams when he wanted to convince them that something they all knew to be false was indeed true. They would quietly whisper, "beware of the reality distortion field, don't get caught in it." Steve, with his powerful, over the top persuasive abilities was able to convince a lot of people a lot of things a lot of the time and it all fit his version of...
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Nov 21, 2011
Our unlimited capacity for self-deception
Humans have an unlimited capacity to deceive themselves about themselves and others. Often that self deception is our personal spin control not only to make ourselves look better to others but even to ourselves. It can be conscious or unconscious.
Robert Trivers writes this in his new book, The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human life. "We deny the truth to ourselves. We...
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Robert Trivers writes this in his new book, The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human life. "We deny the truth to ourselves. We...
Nov 21, 2011
Our unlimited capacity for self-deception
Humans have an unlimited capacity to deceive themselves about themselves and others. Often that self deception is our personal spin control not only to make ourselves look better to others but even to ourselves. It can be conscious or unconscious.
Robert Trivers writes this in his new book, The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human life. "We deny the truth to ourselves. We...
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Robert Trivers writes this in his new book, The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human life. "We deny the truth to ourselves. We...
Nov 09, 2011
What gets pastors into trouble with their congregation
Pastoring today is one of the most challenging jobs on our planet. You have as many expectations as you have parishioners, there are strong opinions on almost everything, church unity is easily disrupted and spiritual battles are always being fought.
All of that is true but it is also true that pastors can cause pain for themselves if they do not pay attention to a set of core disciplines or...
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All of that is true but it is also true that pastors can cause pain for themselves if they do not pay attention to a set of core disciplines or...
Nov 09, 2011
What gets pastors into trouble with their congregation
Pastoring today is one of the most challenging jobs on our planet. You have as many expectations as you have parishioners, there are strong opinions on almost everything, church unity is easily disrupted and spiritual battles are always being fought.
All of that is true but it is also true that pastors can cause pain for themselves if they do not pay attention to a set of core disciplines or...
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All of that is true but it is also true that pastors can cause pain for themselves if they do not pay attention to a set of core disciplines or...
Sep 25, 2011
Boundaries matter
All of us have boundaries in our personal lives, our work and our relationships. Those boundaries are designed to keep us in moral, ethical, legal and healthy places. When we start to violate those boundaries and play with the boundary lines we are in dangerous territory.
How well we keep our boundaries is a matter of our humility. Pride says, "those boundaries don't matter for me." Humility says,...
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How well we keep our boundaries is a matter of our humility. Pride says, "those boundaries don't matter for me." Humility says,...
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Addington Consulting
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