Fast Thinking vs Slow Thinking Ever listen to a fast talking person and wish they’d just take a freaking breath long enough for you to process what they said before they go charging into their next subject? We find fast talkers exhausting...
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50 Scenario Thought Joggers
Speech Buds The items here are speech and table topics and ideas we have jotted down over the years through listening to others speak at Toastmaster meetings. We like to refer to these notations as “Speech Buds” because we hope they will...
Continue reading...Resist the Call of the Crowd – Table Topics
Non-Conformity or the Herd? We’re constantly told what shows to watch and which books to read. Movies use background music to inform who are the good, bad and ugly guys and to set over all mood, comfort level and character development. Carefully...
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2023 Incoming Year. Make a resolution to be Yourself Question: Are New Years resolutions reasonable? Question: Is it reasonable, or possible to ‘be yourself’ regardless the situation? Question: What “Be Yourself” decision may have changed your life path? Question: What are you...
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Define Right and Left – My How They Have Changed History of right vs left dynamics: “The terms right and left refer to political affiliations originating early in the French Revolutionary era of 1789–1799 and referred originally to the seating arrangements in...
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We Ask the Wicked Questions These are among the many things Chaos ponders. Whether ‘rightly’ or ‘wrongly’ only the Shadow knows… At this point, Chaos distrusts the Quora social platform entirely. When we were invited to take part in the forum to...
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We have a lifetime of hearing the words of French writer, wit, and philosopher Voltaire as drilled into our head, like at the meetings for Free Thinkers… “I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to...
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Wicked Problems, Issues Wicked problems, issues or questions, are problems that are difficult or impossible to solve. Efforts to solve wicked problem usually create new problems additional problems combinations of problems Questions in the Wicked Problem category are not for the faint...
Continue reading...Meaning of Secular vs Religious Charity – Table Topics
Charitable Giving – Religious VS Secular Meaning of Charity The practice of charity means the voluntary giving of help to those in need, as a humanitarian act. Secular Charity: Foundation Beyond Belief is a humanist charity that promotes secular volunteering and responsible...
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Shied Away from Morality Because Mikey Made Them Do It? “Democrats and progressives tend to shy away from morality, given how right-wing evangelicals have used it against abortion, contraceptives and equal marriage rights. ” says Robert Reich General Kala Investigated This pronouncement...
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