Evolution

  • Growing Through Labors

    My first job in the forest was marking timber. Going through a timber sale area and marking the trees that were to be harvested or not. I enjoyed the job. It was physically and mentally engaging. My second job in… Continue reading

  • 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

  • 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

  • Ecosystem Management

    We are living through a time, in the evolution cycle of a civilization, when the fanatics have taken control. There are many things in an ecosystem that we cannot understand, much less control. Wise managers will spend time and effort… Continue reading

  • The Evolution of Structured Communication

    Those who have looked, know. A soldier writing home during World War One, who barely finished the eighth grade, was better at grammar and composition than the average college graduate from the nineties forward to today. My opinion is that… Continue reading