RabbiBrian 3.40 follow-up Follow-up… I got a lot of lovely responses from people about the article I sent out about becoming masterful? How about you? What do you hope to master? E-mail me your response or post to facebook. (Or, keep the response to yourself, that’s fine too) With love, […]
RabbiBrian 3.40 Becoming Masterful I recently ran a workshop in which several guests came in to speak. Each one of them spoke about subjects they were experts on. It was stunning – simply wonderful to hear people speak so masterfully about their topics. There was one gentleman who talked to the group about Dale
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RabbiBrian 2.40 Work Our ability to define work is important because if we don’t know what work is, it will probably take up more time than we expect it to. This is Parkinson’s Law, which we read about every last week of the month in this newsletter: “Work expands so as to fill the time
RabbiBrian 1.40 How to Correct, Properly. Ever felt the urge to correct other people’s errant behavior? This spiritual-religious article explains the ideal way to do so. But first, a brief lesson on sociology and “rules”… Rules Taught and Rules Not Taught There are two types of rules: explicit and implicit. Those we’ve
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The 77% Weekly The 40/52-weeks-a-year, spiritual-religious newsletter by Rabbi Brian Extra Edition * My friend, his son, and trying to find compassion. A straight, older white man I know doesn’t like the world he sees. He speaks about “worrying for the future,” but he is talking about his own more than the world’s.
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The 77% Weekly The 77% Weekly gives you wisdom_biscuits: something tasty, digestible, and filling — 40/52 weeks-a-year 39/40 Guest Article This is a guest article. —> Replies go to to the guest author. Have something to say? Want your words in the 77% Weekly? Jenn in Lawrenceville, NJ. Old enough to have some perspective on
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The 77% Weekly The 77% Weekly gives you wisdom_biscuits: something tasty, digestible, and filling — 40/52 weeks-a-year I teach math. And, nonetheless, I make errors in calculating. December 17 is supposed to be issue #40. So, I am adding in 38.5 here. Insanity, with a hat A definition of insanity is: doing the same thing
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The 77% Weekly The 77% Weekly gives you wisdom_biscuits: something tasty, digestible, and filling — 40/52 weeks-a-year 38/40 From Rabbi Brian Iconoclast, now. Iconoclast means someone who challenges traditional beliefs. The etymology is from the words eikon (image) and klastes (breaker). The word was coined to refer to religious folk who destroyed images that
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The 77% Weekly The 77% Weekly gives you wisdom_biscuits: something tasty, digestible, and filling — 40/52 weeks-a-year 37/40 From Rabbi Brian The Problem? Me. I realized what is wrong with airport security! Me, expecting it to be Disneyland. Notes: Did you realize that I’ve been sending out this newsletter since July 2006? (It had
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The 77% Weekly The 77% Weekly gives you wisdom_biscuits: something tasty, digestible, and filling — 40/52 weeks-a-year 35/40 From Rabbi Brian _________, I am. This article is a follow-up on 77%W 32/40 Ironically, I am Cogito ergo sum translates as “I think therefore I am” and is attributed to the early 17th
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