A couple of weeks ago I read Dan Ariely’s The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone – Especially Ourselves. The book is loaded with research and stories that illustrate…
Category: The Prophetic
Nothing May Be Better Than Something
In a multi-ethnic context, “Nothing May Be Better Than Something” In a pragmatic world, this statement is anathema. But in the absence of knowing how to truly serve a different community, demographic, or…
Glass Houses
I’ve come across the popular idiom a few times recently “People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.” It’s something people say when someone criticizes hypocritically (and perhaps blindly) others for…
Ostrich Leadership
Last week my family took a trip to Zoobic, the zoo near Manila. It was a fun experience to get up close and personal with some of nature’s wild animals like lions,…
The Rush and Good Feeling of Progress
In honor of Black History Month I’m re-posting the following blog I posted a few months ago inspired by the accounts of James Meredith breaking the color barrier at Ole Miss. __________________…
Interruptions of Progress
I had a chance to see “The Gangster Squad” and there was a great line that has stayed with me. First, I enjoyed the movie. It was like L.A. Confidential meets the…
Quick Review: Lincoln (The Movie)
After my review yesterday on the book Lincoln’s Melancholy and mentioning that I had read that prior to seeing the movie, I wanted to share some of my reflections from my experience…
Quick Review: Lincoln’s Melancholy
I just finished Lincoln’s Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness. I wanted to make sure I finished it before going to see the movie “Lincoln” that recently came…
Stats Lie Pt. 10 -Quick Thots From The Movie Moneyball
I am re-posting this blog in preparation for my next few posts that will relate to the book Moneyball and because I think this post and those to come belong in my…