“A successful image can only be judged by how long the viewers want to look at it.”
— Karl Taylor
Category: Personal Improvement
Hanlon’s razor: assume incompetence not malevolence
“Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.”
The cucumber is bitter?
Throw out the problem or go around it. Don’t demand to know why such things exist.
Self authoring
It’s taken me a year to even start on the Self Authoring analysis program but I’m getting there!
How to win friends and influence people
I’ve been re-reading (and listening to) Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People”. It’s been helping in my efforts to change a lifelong habit of being a control freak.
What is art?
My thoughts as I struggle with the definition and purpose of art from the point of view of a photographer.
Thinking makes it so
For there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
The Serenity Prayer
It would not be an overstatement to say that the idea contained in these three lines has become a foundational principle in my life.
Something to think about (grammar & spelling)
When attempting to influence politicians or members of the media, there is a skill that will not guarantee success but, without which, you are almost certainly guaranteed to fail in your efforts to persuade: the ability to write and spell.
Do the right thing
For there is but a single good, – namely, that which is honourable. – Seneca