Burt Nanus, a noted consultant in leadership, vision, and strategic planning for business, government, and non-profit organizations is a Professor at the University of Southern California. Nanus writes that vision must be idealistic and a "mental model of a future state of the organization." He asserts that vision must be appropriate and include standards of excellence, purpose, and direction. Organizational vision must be...more
Contrary to this we have the view (mostly the prevailing view) that philosophy is an intellectual discipline which has little or nothing to do with anyone's striving to achieve some form of personal, psychic fulfillment. Add to this the fact that most people who work in philosophy (e.g. academic philosophers or professors of philosophy) are not especially noteworthy for lives of psychic well-being. In this regard, think of people...more
When it deals with the nature of the beautiful it is called aesthetics. When it deals with what is universal and eternal in relation to what really happens it is called metaphysics.Philosophers usually find they cannot work in one of these departments without taking up all the others. In the beginning philosophy included all kinds of social and natural science. As time went on and knowledge increased the physical sciences broke away. They became the independent disciplines called chemistry, biology, astronomy, physics and so forth.Then such social sciences as politics, economics and psychology became separate fields of study. For this reason modern philosophy has been described as "everything that is left of human knowledge after the specialists have marked off their fields, in other words the whole area of meaning and interpretation."Professors of philosophy some times see themselves as specialists in metaphysics, ethics or logic. But the philosopher as distinguished from the professor of philosophy is still regarded as the wise man who sees life clearly, freshly and whole. Philosophy is still the endeavor that interprets and combines the great diversity of thought...more
The big day approaches.So, the venue's booked, the flowers ordered, guests invited, cake is ordered and the final dress fitting is imminent. It's all very easy to forget the tiniest details, and one of those is underwear. So many brides go into a wedding dress shop without a clue of what they're going to be wearing underneath, so...more
Perennial holiday problems will always include what food to serve, which guests to invite and more to the point which gift to give. Of course, we all like to think that we are the perfect gift giver but sit back and take a look at the gifts you have received yourself over the years. Do they give you that soft loved feeling, or do they leave you...more
It seems rather quaint that here in the 21st century we still adhere to customs and practices of the past. Why would we hang on to these things? The easiest answer is probably because we like to keep some customs alive even though they may be somewhat outdated.So why do we have bridesmaids? Well, some countries have different reasons for the maids. At one time it was thought that someone would commit an evil deed at a wedding so all the bridesmaids would dress in the same style as the bride to confuse the evildoer. Others say that the maids would gather on the night prior to the wedding to undo the brides single plait and make two plats to denote that she was now part of two people. Traditionally the bride should be blindfolded and placed in a circle of bridesmaids and made to spin. Wherever she stopped, the maid facing her would be the next to get married. In yet other countrie, and indeed this one has lasted even up to today, the bride throws her bouquet over her shoulder to all the single ladies and whoever catches it is the next one to wed.These days it is customary for the bridesmaids to throw a bridal shower for the bride some time before the day to shower her with gifts to...more
The recent uproar over The Da Vinci Code book, and now movie, has digressed into a tedious argument about historical factual details. However, one thing that is indisputable is that the book touched something in millions of readers across the planet....more
It's always intrigued me that there are different personality types, that people can even be standardized into types at all. We've all heard of the personality types before: sanguine, melancholy, phlegmatic, and choleric. To define them simply: a...more
Depending on the person or religious scholar, Confucianism is referred to as a philosophy and by others a religion. Most comprehend it as a form of humanism that is all-encompassing that neither denies nor tries to prove there is (or is...more
Is it the beginning of a New Age form of ascension or a Doomsday Armageddon end? Heralded by some as the coming of a rebirth of a new consciousness and by others as the harbinger of chaos and death. Is it prophesy or hype?Which is it? As the year...more
Are you planning to establish your home gym? Are looking for a small bunch of exercises to build body mass? Do you want to know the exact benefits of a barbell? Your search for good barbell and home gym equipment ends here. You have just selected...more
Tons of people belong to a great lingerie of the month club, which can be romantic, fun, and entertaining, to say the least. Keeping the fire lit in a relationship is sometimes not easy, and although it should be a priority, many times we all know...more