By the Author of WANTED: Eight Critical Skills You Need To Succeed
The Information Skill is the ability to gather, sort and validate data and information before beginning the analytical process to develop findings (what the information is telling you) and conclusions. In order to develop findings that are valid and conclusions that are true, your information and data need to be validated. And in order to […]
Read More…How does an ex-president stay relevant? That’s a pretty tall task when the power of the bully pulpit is taken away. The “production skill” – making thing happen – comes into play. Ex-presidents are generally quiet and let a new administration go ahead with the business of running the country. In this case, however, that […]
Read More…Conspiracy theories have been around for a long time and proponents of such theories use the critical skills to imbed such theories in the minds of willing listeners. Conspiracy theories can lead and have led to disastrous consequences – and we all should be aware of their existence and how they work. The Oxford English […]
Read More…“Ignorant” and “stupid” are adjectives, but they are not the same thing. If a person is “stupid,” then he/she does not have the ability to understand something due to insufficient intelligence or brain power – thus leading to a misinterpretation of fact. Stupidity is: Having the inability to understand; Having a resistance or inability to […]
Read More…How to be an effective political communicator in politics: • Twist (or ignore) the truth of any hypothesis or premise. • Use a pre-conceived conclusion as a premise to draw whatever other conclusion you want. (BTW – this is a completely invalid way to use logic – but it works.) • Discredit those with whom […]
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