The Scientific Method

This article is 1200 words long and will take about 6 to 7-minutes to read. It details the finest problem solving method known to mankind and the care required when putting it into effect.

General Semantics - Deferring to Reality Brings Us Sanity

This article introduces some of the concepts and methods of General Semantics, a way of thinking accurately and hence acting better. This article is 500 words long and will take 2 to 3-minutes to read.

Benjamin Hoff - An Exercise in Analysing and Solving the Real Problem

This article focuses on the woes of a favourite author of mine and how his problems are exacerbated by his limited thinking. This article is 1500 words long and will take 7 to 8-minute to read.

Incisive Questions

This article details the momentous importance of asking incisive questions to come up with exceptional solutions. It gives examples applied to problem analysis. This article is 1300 words long and will take between 6 and 7-minutes to read.

How to Overcome a Craving

This article gives a method for overcoming cravings followed by a detailed personal example of its application. This article is 1600 words long and will take about 8-minutes to read.

The Lazy Person’s Way to Instantly Looking Better

Assessing things relativism to the things around them rather against absolute standards can gain an advantageous assessment of your situation either in the eyes of others, or more importantly, of yourself. This article is 1300 words long and will take about 7-minutes to read.

The Age of Abstraction

Improvements in our wealth and the change in the nature of the work that we do cause more and more of us to feel emotionally troubled. This article explains the background to this and how to adapt to it. This article is 900 words long and will take about 4 to 5-minutes to read.

Use Negative Space to Outline Problems

This article details a method used to enhance drawing from still life and explains how it can be carried across to describe problems with greater accuracy, which supports easier problem solving. This article is 1350 words long and will take about 7 to 8-minutes to read.

Fundamental Survival

This article is the second in a short series that defines the underlying thinking upon which the ideas, theories, and methods written about in this blog are based. This helps you to understand what makes the content of this blog significantly different from other blogs about self-development. This article is 625 words long and will take about 3-minutes to read.

Self-Help Offers the Wrong Solution

This article is 2000 words long and will take about 5 to 6-minutes to read. It explains how most personal problems keep reoccurring again and again and again because most solutions only work on the symptom and not the root cause. By eliminating the cause the symptoms disappear. This article could have a deeply profound […]

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