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Author: Rick Thues

Mistake Loop

July 14, 2022 Uncategorized 2 Comments
Episode #702 July 16, 2022 There is a loop which visits and revisits mistake. It is how we learn.     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0AxrOUJ62E Learn Mistake Action Decision Analysis Data collection Observation Query Imagination Wonder Mistake Learn   Our mistakes are how we learn. Mistakes are actions gone wrong. When action goes wrong we learn… Don’t make that mistake again. Actions are implements of decision. Decisions are born of thought. Data analyzed from observed data collected generates decisions. Observation answers our queries. Queries spring from imagination. The background brain buzz is imagination. It is the sound of thought. Imagination is fed by...
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Retirement

July 4, 2022 Uncategorized 6 Comments
Episode #701 July 9, 2022 Dr. Riley Moynes outlined the four phases of retirement in a TEDx Surrey speech.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM7-PYtXtJM The four phases are: 1. Vacation phase 2. Feeling loss and lost 3. Trial and error - how to make life meaningful? 4. Your purpose and your mission i have been retired for a few years now. My progress through the phases has followed Dr. Moynes’ outline. When i first retired it was absolutely a vacation. There was no morning alarm. i did what i wanted or nothing at all. i told my friend who was just retired: “I...
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Rhythm

June 28, 2022 Uncategorized 1 Comment
Episode #700 July 2, 2022 For all things, listen to the music. There is a rhythm to everything.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmF_bG5IVnM Listen to the cadence of using a tool. If you do not hear it, apply it. There should be a regularity in a hammer stroke. There is a whine of an electric tool that strikes a certain note. Shoveling should be like keeping time on a drum. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5POReSB4Os Bicyclists know about rhythm. Their legs reciprocate at the same frequency no matter what the terrain. All the work is done by the gears. Poetry gives voice to the music of language....
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Train the Mind to Think

June 20, 2022 Uncategorized 4 Comments
Episode #699 June 25, 2022 "Education is not the learning of facts, rather it's the training of the mind to think.” — Albert Einstein.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcb-h8z1uQo When in college i trained my mind to think. The process has never ended. Of all the useful lessons learned in college, critical thinking is the most essential. For critical thinking to transcend, it must be ensconced in a nurturing environment. In my case, this began with leaving my parent’s home. In campus residence self reliance and dependence on friends and mentors gave me respect for myself and others. This respect opened my mind...
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Synonym Awareness

June 15, 2022 Uncategorized No Comments
Episode #698 June 18, 2022 "Mind itself has always been without substance. It is not seen by looking, but is emptiness. It is not a void, but is cognizant and clear." -- Patrul Rinpoche   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_kE77SGPaI To truly be Aware one must employ all Senses. These Senses are Touch, Life, Self-Movement, Balance, Smell, Taste, Sight, Temperature/Warmth, Hearing, Language, Concept and Ego. How we perceive these Senses forms the Person that we are. Acute observation is required for Perception. Understanding (the Grasp of what we Perceive) is acquired through Experience. Recognition of Patterns, Persons, Thoughts and Actions channels our Senses into categories...
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Adapt Adept Adopt

June 8, 2022 Uncategorized 2 Comments
Episode #697 June 11, 2022 To master a thing: adapt, adept and adopt.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulg24OfHDaU ADAPT: i adapted my method of planting trees to suit the granite alluvial plain where i live.  Previously, in the Orange County basin, i could just dig a hole and plant the tree. The soft top soil in my back yard was six or more feet deep. i was in the basin of the Santa Ana river. The hole was easy to dig. The sandy loam was good for drainage. There was little need to fertilize or amend because the loam was rich in minerals...
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