Author: Jeremiah Josey
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How to Become Insanely Rich
A Three Month Payback for a 2 million dollar investment – That’s Rich! It has been more than 12 years since I built one of my first major capital projects. I was 24 at the time. I hunkered down to do everything that needed to be done to build a major piece of critical infrastructure…
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The End of Royal Dutch Shell?
How the fossil fuel Industry plays with public sentiment only when it has to Today I read of the demise of Royal Dutch Shell – that huge unconscious behemoth employing 104,000 people around the world with 22B profits and revenues greater than USD300B per year. Well it wasn’t the specifically the demise, but the decision…
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Working smarter and not harder
How time off to observe is far more rewarding that “all hands on deck” When I was 13 years old, I was living with my family on a farm in far western NSW. This was “Outback Australia”. A new local TV tower had been installed about 5 km away and so we could now watch…
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Avoid Working with an A-H!
Are you working with a mean-spirited moron? Leave! This is a great blog I came across recently by Guy Kiyosaki. I’ve posted a little bit of it below. You can find the entire post here: …Mean-spirited morons are still running much of the workplace, and it’s time to take a stand. Most nastiness is directed…
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The point of a spear, the edge of a knife
What makes things happen may actually be invisible What is at the point of the spear? The edge of the knife? It is nothing. Something, the metal, the material, what ever, sharpened to the point of nothingness. Behind the edge everything. Infront of the edge nothing. And it is the more of nothing which makes…
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The surge of US troops in Afghanistan is fundamentally flawed
The US – again – misreading a nation, or is there another agenda? Why? Because the strategy is short term focused, and forgets about what is really going on: a nation of disgruntled people with not much else to do, except wait for an exceptionally bleak future to roll over them. This disgruntled state is…
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The Business of War
Profit is proceeds from investment – regardless of activity, or who dies… Waging war, being aggressive, using force is one of the oldest methods of trying to instil “obedience” or servitude in another. We do it between nations, inside our companies, our institutions, our schools and even within our families. On a national scale, of…
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Lost in Translation
How language barriers can be used for extortion, but cultural ties are stronger I had a very interesting experience the other night when buying a Viva internet account here in Al Khout, Fahaheel, Kuwait. It was one of those small shopping kiosks you see spread along the center of the mall. After I establishing that…
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Chicken Soup?
Why humans and chickens aren’t much different from each other 90% Chickens pair up for the mating season, i.e. choosing only one sexual partner. 50% of them split after the mating season (and go on to form other relationships the following season). The other 50% remain with the same sexual partner for successive seasons. Humans…
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Social Profit, Money and Butterflies
How human hearts and butterfly wings share the same genetic code Here’s an enlightening half hour audio visual that is well worth watching. It’s a discussion between Lynne Twist (archived Wikipedia page) and Deepak Chopra on “Social Profit”, money and butterflies. Lynne Twist is a San Francisco based social activist who besides raising many hundred…
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A Note to Arnold Schwarzenegger
Finding out why wind farms are not working I sent this email to Arnold a few days ago. Hi Arnold, I don’t know whether to call you Mr Schwarzenegger, Arnold, or Sir, but as I’ve grown up in Australia and formalities, well just aren’t the thing we focus on, so I figure Arnold will do…
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Is There Any Difference Between Islam and Christianity?
A profound conversation on religion when swinging over snow covered Christmas trees Yesterday I was riding on the Storm Peak Express Ski Lift at Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA, sharing that ride with a very felicitous beared fellow. He reminded me very much of the character “Chicken Joe” from that wonderfully light movie Surf’s Up (by…
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The Electronic Communication and Consciousness Conundrum
There’s more to language than words – it’s the whole human body! When an email is sent or a blog is created, it is the written word that is transmitted – nothing more, nothing less. Many studies have shown that the written word – words – only transmit 10%, at most, of the intended meaning…
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When does life stop and living begin?
If you are too busy to stop and watch, life will pass you by Friday, January 12, 2007, 7:50 am, a man stood at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it…
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The Beauty of Mathematics
Numbers prove God exists. Here’s how 1 x 8 + 1 = 912 x 8 + 2 = 98123 x 8 + 3 = 9871234 x 8 + 4 = 987612345 x 8 + 5 = 98765123456 x 8 + 6 = 9876541234567 x 8 + 7 = 987654312345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432123456789…
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The Little Earth Book – Introduction to Second Edition
Words by James Bruges on how to save the planet I’ve decided to retype this introduction here because it makes a lot of sense. The balance between yin and yang – ancient Chinese descriptions for two distinct energetic states – is shifting. It is through books like this, disseminated via the Internet, that will change…
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The Little Earth Book – Introduction to First Edition
How one little book can change humanity for the good This is the introduction to “The Little Earth Book“, first Edition, written by James Bruges in 2000. The content in these 167 tiny – only 145 x 135 mm – pages is clear concise. Recommended reading to understand WHAT CAN BE DONE beyond the disturbing…
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The Modern Curse that Divides Us from Nature
The Prince of Wales sharing his views on world affairs My views on architecture, the environment and society are underpinned by one unifying idea – the vital need for harmony The Prince of Wales We live in an age when technological ease has become so much a part of the accustomed way of life that…
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The Advantages of the Middle East
An ancient diverse culture where there is much beneath the sand and what meets the eye The Middle Eastern culture has more or less been continuous for close to three thousand years (from roughly 9th century BC). Islam, adopted by the Arabs from the early 7th century AD is a comparative new addition to their…
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Understanding the Current Situation in the Middle East
How Al Gore lays out facts on how the public is fooled I’m working my way through a great book right now. It’s called “The Assault on Reason”, written by Al Gore. Al does a wonderful job following on his “An Inconvenient Truth”, where in common language he helps us to understand the critical and…
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