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Rewind and Get It Right This Time

August 6, 2017 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

Whenever my face hits the mud of a first mistake, I’m usually surprised by how many people seem to be watching and wondering: What will he do next? What’ll he say? What does he really mean? Has he accepted responsibility for what’s happened? Said … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Building Your Values into Your Work, Introducing Yourself & Your Work Tagged With: contemporary parables, doubling down, Frank Ocean, moral of the story, morality, rewinding mistakes, self-esteem, social pressure, University of California Irvine, values, work

How Slowing Down Your Judgments Lets in Some Light

July 30, 2017 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

When it comes to morality—is something right or wrong—you have a trigger finger. Everybody does. However open-minded you think you are, the closed-minded parts of you are likely to beat you to the punch every – single - time. These mind-closers … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Continuous Learning Tagged With: Daniel Kahneman, Jonathan Haidt, moral intuition, morality, religion, righteous, thinking fast and slow, value judgment, values

A Child Expresses Your Hope That The World Is Worth Your Engagement

July 23, 2017 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

In a short article this week, a philosophy professor wondered whether the risks of living today are so daunting that you need to pause before bringing another innocent child into the world. As if I needed reminding, I’d just seen A World in … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Part of Something Bigger than Yourself Tagged With: ethics, fairness, hope, Jurgen Moltmann, parental obligation, parenting, procreation, Rivka Weinberg

The Inner Cultivation of an Ethical Life

July 16, 2017 By David Griesing 2 Comments

The long tail of summer always provides an opportunity to consider your life and work before it’s September again. Taking a step back before stepping forward sometimes happens in the Christmas to New Years week too, but between then and now it’s … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Continuous Learning, Daily Preparation Tagged With: Dalai Lama, distraction, ethical conduct, ethical life, inner cultivation, reflection

You Are What You Do

July 9, 2017 By David Griesing 1 Comment

The story about Cowtown and Grant Harris, as told in this week’s Yeti sponsored video, plays like a bedtime story. It grabs you by the emotional lapels at those first shots of galloping horses far below. And it never lets go. Once upon a time and … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Part of Something Bigger than Yourself, Daily Preparation, Work & Life Rewards Tagged With: Cowtown Rodeo, family business, legacy, storytelling, tradition, Yeti

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