Popularly accepted ideas may not always be accurate or true.
Tag: discernment
What You Believe and Social Influence
Sometimes people, and often a lot of them, can become convinced to believe rationally questionable ideas.
Keeping Your Eyes on the Ball
The challenge of staying focused on your goal
Don’t Let Your Attention Drift
Beware of distractions. They are things that prevent you from giving full attention to the pursuit of your goals.
Learning from Others
Learn from the experience of others. Why make unnecessary and avoidable mistakes, when often all you have to do is ask someone who has already been there?
Controlling Your Attention
Success often hinges on your ability to stay focused on and to direct your energies on what really matters to you.
The Power of Believing in Yourself
“You gotta believe? is a powerful baseball and sports saying that says it all.
“Pictures in Our Heads” and Discernment
Seeing is believing, or is it in today’s mass media shaped world?
How Solid is the Truthfulness of Your Beliefs?
Being successful in your career can be greatly compromised if the larger society cannot safeguard the integrity of its public discourse.
Focus or Dabble?
Having goals and concentrating your attention on them can go a long way in shaping the likelihood of your success.