As someone who has spent many years working and researching the field of decision making I know that the process is often flawed, usually lacking all the necessary information and almost always subjective rather than objective. My experience also suggests that most decision makers are unaware of just how uninformed they are about the issues surrounding their decisions. So welcome again to the Dunning Kruger effect😉.
George McConnell
When Is It OK To Break The Law?
Well to me I sort of think that the ‘obvious’ answer is “never” however, as of now, the answer seems to be “whenever you like as long as you are the President of the USA”. Surely that can never be the right answer!
This Could Be The Last Time….
So has that title popped the sound of the Rolling Stones in your head 😂 … Maybe the last time – I don’t know! My previous post ended with a little “epilogue” about that. It isn’t the only time it has happened, but what particularly triggered the thought at this time was “is this the last time I vote in a General Election”?
About The Train Of Life
Continuing along the same track as my previous post (see what I did there? 😃) there are many pieces of writing that use the metaphor of a train journey to depict our own life journey. Like all metaphors (just most metaphors?) it does break down eventually, but it does help illustrate what I was getting at with the idea of ephemeral friendships.
Are Friendships Ephemeral
Having broken my silence yesterday I am challenging myself to write here more often, even if it is just a few words. Today I am returning to a subject that I addressed in my only other previous post this year – friends. However I am coming at it from a slightly difference direction, one that has been occupying my mind recently.
You Can Fool Some Of The People…
Its been a while since my last post – really need to do this more often. The events in New York over the last few weeks surrounding a certain ‘high profile’ trial have finally spurred me to take up the pen (or keyboard) and put down a few thoughts.
Burghley House – Private
Burghley House
More detail on the Burghley House website.
Doddington Hall and Gardens
Here is a link to the Doddington Hall website for more information.
Building a Highlights Reel
Some years ago now I wrote a post in this blog entitled You Don’t Know Me – this is a sort of revisit of that subject, but with a different emphasis. The topic was brought back to mind during my “70 for 70” project contacting ‘old’ friends and colleagues.