It took me a long time to learn, frustratingly brutal trial and error, fighting presumptions and misconceptions, but eventually I realized that all of my writing leads to this work: Maciolekism. My very own philosophy.
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Storytelling
Everyone is a storyteller, in one form or another. The people who write stories are only telling stories within stories. There are two interwoven variables to being a good storyteller. The first is to have the courage to be honest… Continue reading
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Becoming Home
It is the routines that make a place feel like a home.It is their routines that can make one person into the home of another.Routines are not healthy if others cannot adapt to them in a healthy way.We cannot build… Continue reading
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The Real America
American Freedom,American Democracy,American Policy,American Diplomacy, andAmerican Capitalism are all connected,interwoven, almostone and the same. I do not know if this is a bad thing in itself, but I do know that the people who attain power understand this as truth… Continue reading
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Permanently Bent
Long ago, when it was young, just a small little sapling, another tree fell on itand bent it over… but did not break it. Over the years, while other saplings grew up towards the sun in the shelter of the… Continue reading
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Treading Water
A conversation held in meeting and board rooms around the world over the last ten years: Why don’t our models work?~ Many reasons really. What is the most predominate?~ Confirmation Bias. What does that mean?~ We distort the results of… Continue reading
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If we are to trust an intuitive and spontaneous creative process, we must also trust an intuitive and spontaneous destructive process. Continue reading
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It seems the people who are good at making changes are never good at sustaining routines, the people who are good at sustaining routines are never good at making changes, and the people who are capable of doing both spend… Continue reading
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To sell a product, convince people their lives will be better in the future if they buy it now. To keep a community together through tough times, encourage people to pursue a better future by focusing on the tasks right… Continue reading
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Fascism does not rise out of hatred or racism. It rises from a sense of righteousness that creates a tribal elitism; which, in turn, nurtures a dehumanizing hatred. Continue reading
