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If you want to understand and profit from the political, economic and cultural forces at play in today’s world, you must understand two things:
The evolution of pre-modernism, modernism and post-modernism.
How independents view and are shaping the world.
Armed with this understanding you’ll be [...]
“It is only in the backward countries of the world that increased production is still an important object; in those most advanced, what is economically needed is better distribution.” -John Stuart Mill
The New York Times published this story yesterday about how one woman, Cynthia Magnus, made a big difference with very little effort.
After finding bags [...]
The seven major societal institutions are family, community, religion, academia, business, media, and government.
Family
The role of the family is to ensure responsible citizens, preserve society, and balance the desires of individual liberty with the demands of community responsibility.
As James C. Ure, professor at George Wythe University, has written,
“The family is the bubble in which a [...]
Seth Godin has just released a new e-book entitled “What Matters Now.”
Seth didn’t write it himself; he asked over 70 thought leaders to each contribute a page.
As Seth explains on his blog, each shares “an idea for you to think about as we head into the new year. From bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert to brilliant [...]
Social leaders need to stay up with breaking knowledge and cutting-edge trends from all facets of society. And one of the best ways to do this is through RSS readers.
To put it bluntly, if you’re not using an RSS reader, you’re way behind the times. I’m not going to take the time to explain what [...]
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Republicans: The Party of Nixon vs. The Party of Reagan
Both Nixon and Reagan were Republicans, but symbolically they are nearly polar opposites to all but the most staunch Republican loyalists.
Reaganites value strong national security and schools, [...]
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Part I. The New Politics
High school civics classes for the past century have taught that America had a two-party system.
And up until the end of the Cold War, this was true. Each party had clear, distinct [...]
In the last few years, as the vampire genre has gone from cult popularity to fringe and then to mainstream and mega-bestseller, I have wondered what vampires signify to our culture.
The bestseller vampire story Twilight and its sequels swept American teen reading circles, and these books were also read by a lot of adults. When [...]
This week we held a webinar entitled “The Economics of Influence: Using Hub Mentality™ to Increase Your Influence & Wealth.”
We recorded the webinar and you can download it for free by clicking on the following links:
Webinar Audio Recording
Webinar PowerPoint Presentation
We had issues with the recording, so the video didn’t record for some reason. You’ll [...]
On April 21st, we held a webinar entitled “The Economics of Influence: Using Hub Mentality™ to Increase Your Influence & Wealth.” The purpose was to show how Information Age business marketing strategies apply to individuals — especially to social leaders — then to provide practical advice and resources on how to do this.
The following is [...]
