Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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What’s good for the gander is good for the goose?
You got to be kidding me! Yvonne just posted in her blog that some job recruiters have taken a leaf from speed dating and started speed interviewing! Remember when a job was something really serious, where we prepared ourselves all through school life in anticipation of? Since when has it become so flippant? Is this…
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Safe liposuction for me, please?
I would like to protest a discrimination. You see, every time I see an advertisement on dieting or liposuction, they always seem to speak only to the women. Liposuction is for me! I mean, I have a spare tire around my middle that is interfering with my tying of shoe laces, if you get my…
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Do “Long Headlines” Work on TV?
With the Internet and all the online marketing talk going around, it seems that the fun has been taken out of writing short, punchy headlines. There was a time, once, when writing silly headlines was the “in” thing. Then there were those surreal headlines that left everyone scratching their heads and consulting their oracles. Then…
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Entrepreneur Tip – Online Phone Cards Sales!
This is really interesting. Just a few months ago, I was speaking with a friend about how lucrative it was selling phone cards. Then, here is this site offering a phone card business all ready to go! Believe it or not, this is surely the coincidence of a lifetime. Or maybe, it’s a message for…
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The Modern Leader?
I heard something interesting today, and would like to “muse” about the modern leader. It seems that current corporate leadership thinking is moving right along with the concept of heroes in terms of its treatment of leaders. Remember the definition of a “hero”? The strong, silent type; riding into town, killing the bad guys and…
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Update – Shopping Cart Solution
Some time ago, I reviewed a shopping cart solution that was pretty comprehensive and professional. I liked the fact that it had a free trial where you could actually use the shopping cart for 10 days, which should be enough time for you to figure out if this is a solution for you. But more…
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Off Topic – Birth Control Pills for Children?
This is way off topic for me. But I just had to point everyone to read Angela’s post on “Offering Birth Control Pills to our CHILDREN?“. This is really too much. Have our education system become so ineffective that we have to throw in the towel and admit that we don’t know how to teach…
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Entrepreneur Tip – Get a Business Card Reader!
Here is a really simple, yet often overlooked tip for business owners – collect as many business cards as you can! OK, for those who are asking “why?” I would then say, because… – you need to know more people who might become your potential customers – you need to know more people who might…
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