-- card: 197226 from stack: in -- bmap block id: 0 -- flags: 0000 -- background id: 5566 -- name: -- part contents for background part 6 ----- text ----- Excerpt -- part contents for background part 12 ----- text ----- A Whack on the Side of the Head -- part contents for background part 23 ----- text ----- 06101999 -- part contents for background part 5 ----- text ----- 3 of 4 -- part contents for background part 15 ----- text ----- Menu -- part contents for background part 22 ----- text ----- • WHOLE EARTH • LEARNING • KNOWLEDGE • Creativity -- part contents for background part 4 ----- text ----- • An aerospace manager told me that several years ago he took up the hobby of designing and constructing backyard waterfalls for himself and his friends. “I don’t know why,” he said, “but designing waterfalls has made me a better manager. It has brought me a lot closer in touch with ideas such as ‘flow,’ ‘movement,’ and ‘vibration’ which are difficult to put into words, but which are important in the communication between two people.” • I think one of life’s great thrills is falling out of love with a previously cherished idea. When that happens, you’re free to look for new ones. • Soft thinking is metaphorical, approximate, diffuse, humorous, playful, and capable of dealing with contradiction. Hard thinking tends to be more logical, precise, exact, specific, and consistent. -- part contents for background part 30 ----- text ----- card id 194899 -- part contents for background part 31 ----- text ----- card id 326779 -- part contents for background part 32 ----- text ----- stack "WHOLE EARTH" stack "LEARNING" card id 42699 card id 282368 -- part contents for background part 27 ----- text ----- card id 282368 -- part contents for background part 28 ----- text ----- card id 2115 -- part contents for background part 29 ----- text ----- card id 195119