A person filled with gumption doesn't sit around dissipating and stewing about things. He's at the front of the train of his own awareness, watching to see what's up the track and meeting it when it comes. That's gumption. -Robert Pirsig, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" Like in any industry, airline pilots are …
Mastery in any field relates to efficiency. A true master, be he a sportsman, writer or businessman, spends most of his time in the sweet spot, where the least amount of input yields the highest amount of output. Many people mar their self-expression by verbosity. They say a lot but impart little. They speak like …
"Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience." ~ Henry David Thoreau You may recall Ray Bradbury's dystopian novel, Fahrenheit 451, which tells the tale of a hedonistic …
I stumbled upon an old article in The Atlantic written by Nicholas Carr called "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" The author points to the fact that various inventions over time have not only changed the way we communicate, they have also altered the way we think. The inventions of writing, the printing press and now …
Grammar, vocabulary and articulation tend to imprison more than they liberate. Far too many people feel inadequate and embarrassed or even ashamed of their lack of ability in this area. Some blame a lack of proper education, others accuse themselves of not having listened while being given a good education, but the truth of the matter is that you can start where you are, always!
Gregory Hake 