Sure, that's all wrapped up in positive thinking, but that only gets you over the goal line if you're almost there anyway.
I've known people who had the positive thinking, but not the ability, and they failed; sometimes, that was worse because they firmly believed they would succeed.
only comment today could wrap up a lot of the positive things you post about Bill, things to grow on, etc... one recently was "bucket list" I believe
a neighbor, her husband & daughter were in a head-on collision Sunday. They weren't at all at fault. The daughter suffered broken bones. The husband rushed to trauma care in a coma. Wife died instantly. They're Jewish, so had funeral asap, yesterday. The wife handled all decisions. I kept thinking how awful it would be if he woke up finding out she had died. During the gathering of friends after the funeral they were notified of his death. So in my mind I think she handled another decision... "honey, let go, be at peace"
anyway, y'all, you never know what can happen in a split second. Take care. Be peaceful. Settle hates. Check off some bucket list items when possible.
I didn’t want to be morbid at all - but look back at all the POSITIVES Bill has posted, not the negatives & consider giving up the hate & strive for looking for the good in each person you might meet in person OR online. Am I a Pollyanna? I think it’s possible. You can find something to agree with…
Bill: I just wrote my personal experience and the 3 factors of college success, but lost my comment due to Substack's minimum tech web forms. I haven't the energy to rewrite it and management of this platform doesn't respond to requests to improve it. While I was able to cope with "not at all belonging" had there been DEI at my first university, I would have completed my degree there. DEI, however vilified by fascists and racists is the answer and it needs better measurement and refined to better assist Black, brown people, especially immigrants and the formerly imprisoned.
I can't agree with the idea of naming anything not fully attributable to Henry Ford for the name, it also promotes the "common sense" aspect of the study downplaying the other important factors of success: belonging and applicability to career. I would suggest a name proposed by the primary investigators, or using their names directly.
Although my father thought Ford a hero, and he was in some respects, he was a virulent anti-semite whose wholly owned press printed books and newspapers attacking jews, including excerpts and a full reprint of the Protocolls of the E of Z, a notorious Jewish conspiracy fiction written in Russia in 1903. Ford was an unapologetic hater of jews and management throughout Ford was keenly aware of this. His newspaper was called the Dearborn Independent which ran over 90 issues with articles full of anti-semetic conspiracy theory and other hateful fiction. Ford was greatly admired by Hitler, being quoted in Mein Kampf, who placed his portrait on the wall to use as an example. The Reich gave him a medal in 1938. Apparently Ford reacted to film of the liberated concentration camps by having a stroke.
A lot of people don't know of Ford's pacifism in WWI or of his how it morphed into defamation of jews, spread by required distribution of the Dearborn Independant at every Ford dealer. I'm writing it here because of the fascism we confront domestically. I recommend Rachel Maddows podcast, Ultra and book Prequel for an understanding of how Hitlers' agents had allies in the Congress and armed fascists in several states.
Adding the inability to edit comments is yet another failure of this platform, cutting and pasting chunks of text creating a new message from the old was already unacceptable for early Word Processors and IBM's internal emaili system PROFS used internally in the mid 1970's. Unfortunately this platform stopped UI improvement when it embraced monetization.
A long time ago in another lifetime it seems, I was club manager/bartender for our local Elks Lodge and yes, I had a couple of “Norms”. They’re iconic it seems.
Sure, that's all wrapped up in positive thinking, but that only gets you over the goal line if you're almost there anyway.
I've known people who had the positive thinking, but not the ability, and they failed; sometimes, that was worse because they firmly believed they would succeed.
only comment today could wrap up a lot of the positive things you post about Bill, things to grow on, etc... one recently was "bucket list" I believe
a neighbor, her husband & daughter were in a head-on collision Sunday. They weren't at all at fault. The daughter suffered broken bones. The husband rushed to trauma care in a coma. Wife died instantly. They're Jewish, so had funeral asap, yesterday. The wife handled all decisions. I kept thinking how awful it would be if he woke up finding out she had died. During the gathering of friends after the funeral they were notified of his death. So in my mind I think she handled another decision... "honey, let go, be at peace"
anyway, y'all, you never know what can happen in a split second. Take care. Be peaceful. Settle hates. Check off some bucket list items when possible.
I didn’t want to be morbid at all - but look back at all the POSITIVES Bill has posted, not the negatives & consider giving up the hate & strive for looking for the good in each person you might meet in person OR online. Am I a Pollyanna? I think it’s possible. You can find something to agree with…
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HATE
hate
/hāt/
intransitive verb
To feel strong dislike for or hostility toward.
"rivals who hate each other."
Sometimes you have to say to yourself, “If the shoe fits!”
Bill: I just wrote my personal experience and the 3 factors of college success, but lost my comment due to Substack's minimum tech web forms. I haven't the energy to rewrite it and management of this platform doesn't respond to requests to improve it. While I was able to cope with "not at all belonging" had there been DEI at my first university, I would have completed my degree there. DEI, however vilified by fascists and racists is the answer and it needs better measurement and refined to better assist Black, brown people, especially immigrants and the formerly imprisoned.
I can't agree with the idea of naming anything not fully attributable to Henry Ford for the name, it also promotes the "common sense" aspect of the study downplaying the other important factors of success: belonging and applicability to career. I would suggest a name proposed by the primary investigators, or using their names directly.
Although my father thought Ford a hero, and he was in some respects, he was a virulent anti-semite whose wholly owned press printed books and newspapers attacking jews, including excerpts and a full reprint of the Protocolls of the E of Z, a notorious Jewish conspiracy fiction written in Russia in 1903. Ford was an unapologetic hater of jews and management throughout Ford was keenly aware of this. His newspaper was called the Dearborn Independent which ran over 90 issues with articles full of anti-semetic conspiracy theory and other hateful fiction. Ford was greatly admired by Hitler, being quoted in Mein Kampf, who placed his portrait on the wall to use as an example. The Reich gave him a medal in 1938. Apparently Ford reacted to film of the liberated concentration camps by having a stroke.
A lot of people don't know of Ford's pacifism in WWI or of his how it morphed into defamation of jews, spread by required distribution of the Dearborn Independant at every Ford dealer. I'm writing it here because of the fascism we confront domestically. I recommend Rachel Maddows podcast, Ultra and book Prequel for an understanding of how Hitlers' agents had allies in the Congress and armed fascists in several states.
Adding the inability to edit comments is yet another failure of this platform, cutting and pasting chunks of text creating a new message from the old was already unacceptable for early Word Processors and IBM's internal emaili system PROFS used internally in the mid 1970's. Unfortunately this platform stopped UI improvement when it embraced monetization.
You can edit, just click on the three dots to the right side of your post.
I have a lot of frustrations with Substack ... sorry you had issues with it.
I know you have a longer comment about me flippantly naming the rule after Henry Ford. I hear you.
Great one today Bill. I'm going to use the Flannery O'Connor quote.
A long time ago in another lifetime it seems, I was club manager/bartender for our local Elks Lodge and yes, I had a couple of “Norms”. They’re iconic it seems.