Craig Maciolek

  • A Growing Community

    The most basic question we must ask ourselves as we get older is, are we providing a nurturing environment for younger people, or are we competing with them for attention and control? (It would probably be a good idea here… Continue reading

  • Conflict Avoidance

    I am a Conflict Avoider. There,.. I said it. I will go to great lengths to avoid conflict. It is not that I am afraid of conflict, or a good fight for that matter, it is just that I am… Continue reading

  • Building Work Routines

    It is easy to make friends in this world. Simply find a public place that is comfortable and sit there at the same time of day and week repeatedly. It will not take long before other people who frequent the… Continue reading

  • A Perspective of Work

    There was a period of my life when I worked in the forest. During those years I was involved in the fighting of forest fires. What I learned about work from those experiences is this… when there are clear orders,… Continue reading

  • Democracy hinders projects that require a lot of capital.Capitalism undermines projects that require consensus. Continue reading

  • The Purpose Driven Life

    From my perspective, the greatest achievement of the Baby Boomer generation is that they changed the vocabulary of capitalism. They did not change capitalism… in fact, capitalism changed them. Like it does everyone. (Capitalism kicked their butt, to be honest.)… Continue reading