Dogs are animals of integrity. We have much to learn from them.
Month: Aug 2009
How we attract ideas that support our behaviours
The problem in the way that some stories are selected for this Blog, mainly the financial and economic ones, is that one tends to be attracted to those news items that support one’s own hypothesis. Anyone who has followed the Posts on this Blog will know that this author thinks that the recession is not over, that a sustainable recovery is a long way off and that anything other than extremely risk-averse investments is, well, risky!
Special visitor to this year’s EAA Airventure, or ‘Oshkosh’ to be more familiar.
AOPA have produced a very nice video covering the arrival of the Airbus A380 to Oshkosh.
Pretty sure that the link is a open-access one so Click here to watch. Any problems seeing it, please comment.
By Paul Handover
This little story about one of the world’s strangest areas has been doing the rounds and appears in several newspapers. It concerns Sunday observance issues in the Western Isles of Scotland. But first some background.
It’s impossible not to admire, respect and love a dog
An incident last night reminded me of the complexity of the dog’s mind. It has not been the first time this has happened.
Our 6 year-old German Shepherd dog, Pharaoh, was given a bone as a treat during the previous day and, as sometimes happens, it was a bit tough on his stomach. So at around 1.30 am, I was woken up. Nothing so special about that. But reflect on how this happened.
Bob Derham has been a close friend of mine for too many years. We first met in Cyprus when it was my Winter base for cruising the Med. and have kept in touch ever since. He will be embarrassed by me describing him as one of life’s gentlemen. It’s great to have Bob’s occasional Post but when you read this, his first, you will get an excellent idea of how this person views the world. By the way, here is a picture of Bob’s office! (And more details for aviation buffs!) PH.
A chance to pause awhile and reflect.
We are lucky enough to live in a special part of England in the county of Hampshire, in a part called the New Forest which used to be the hunting ground of William the Conqueror. Our village is called Woodgreen, and as part of the forest, Cows, Ponies, and Pigs are free to roam, kept within the forest confines by cattle grids. Our house is one of several which are thatched and surround the common, in the middle of which is a cricket pitch.
Applauding balanced arguments about the global economic crisis.
Unwittingly, when tripping across the web site of Gluskin Sheff, as reported on this Blog earlier the full extent of David Rosenburg’s background hadn’t been clear. As well as being Gluskin’s Chief Economist & Strategist, David was previously Chief North American Economist for Merrill Lynch, so this guy is no slouch. Here is DR’s short bio as it appears on the Gluskin web site.
“Be master of mind rather than mastered by mind.”
This is one of, literally, hundreds of Zen quotes. Of course Zen Buddhism does not have the exclusivity of quotes that stir the heart. Every one of man’s great religions and followings is embroidered with beautiful quotations. Here’s one, more or less at random, from Christianity.
‘Faith is to believe what we do not see;
and the reward of this faith
is to see what we believe.’
Whatever gives you solace, it is important to have something that allows you to be a little retrospective from time to time (and we are not talking alcohol or drugs here!). Remember, you can’t give away what you don’t own!
So when this Blog, ZenHabits, caught my eye, it seemed worthy of mention and of adding to the Blog Roll. We will see if this resonates with you, the reader. Either way, do let me know via your comments.
By Paul Handover
Krakatoa. Is it heading for another deadly eruption? Probably not!
Like many Bloggers, sources of inspiration come from other Blogs and, no less, than this one and Sunday post 2.
So a ‘thank you’ to Naked Capitalism for providing the links to two British newspaper articles both of which seem to have very little to do with capitalism. But it is Sunday, after all!
Casper is the cat’s whiskers when it comes to bus travel.
Don’t check – it isn’t April 1st, All Fools Day.
The Daily Telegraph, an English newspaper, is clearly having a quiet day, well the online version is. So ‘print’ space is given to a rather charming story about a cat that takes a regular bus journey.
Sales, training and top performers
Reluctantly, it has to be admitted, because it ‘dates’ me, my career spans selling, in a business-to-business environment, from 1963 until 2008, a period of 45 years! That has included large corporates such as ICI (UK and Australia) and IBM and two start ups, Dataview Ltd (sold in 1986) and Aviation Briefing Ltd, still plugging away. In recent years, there has been a regular teaching assignment at ISUGA in Quimper, France. Even semi-retirement brings a flow of coaching clients!
Anyway, to the point of this Post.
A number of people have suggested that it would be valuable to many people out there if some of my experiences could be documented. Grateful for the idea. Let’s start with Top Performers. Read the rest of this Post
Learning from Dogs 