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It's OK To Not Know....

1/30/2018

Trump. Religion. Celebrity meltdown. The Big Bang. Politics. Social Media.

What are your thoughts?

A 4 year old when confronted (busted) with clear evidence of her errant behaviour and quizzed 'what happened here?' replies non plussed 'I'm not sure...'

Classic response...for a 4 year old.

Most eavesdropped conversations commence with a question that within a few moments indicate that the appropriate reply should have been 'I don't know' and yet most of us would rather waffle on incessantly with no regard to any known actual facts.

I DON'T KNOW. What an honest response. Now a chat framed as an uninformed point of view can ensue. Social media doesn't reward this brand of ignorance, but it's so refreshing when it occasionally rears its head.

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Beliefs Arise Beyond The Horizon Of Knowledge Where Mystery Resides Oblivious To The Concept Of Truth.

1/22/2018

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It's all nonsense! Our beliefs are just fairytales, and labels we give to the unverifiable. Knowledge reflects a horizon beyond which lies mystery. (the zone where we just make stuff up and claim it as something other than what it is....mystery)

Believe that the world is flat and expect to be ridiculed, that riddle has been solved and no longer resides in the Bermuda triangle of mystery. Express a point of view as just that (a point of view) and healthy debate and sharing of ideas can ensue.

Declare your belief as a fact and you enter the realm from whence most human conflict arises.

Most negative commentary is belief delivered as inalienable truth. Language matters. There's a difference between chirping a populist worldview in BOLD and prefacing an opinion with the fact it is just that and opening the door to different potentially more interesting points of view.

Beliefs ultimately get enveloped by knowledge or recede to the zone of the yet unknown. It's an old fashioned word in non academic circles but 'hypothesise' has a more accountable and credible ring to it than 'belief'.

Or so I hypothesise...

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Rest Assured Not All Words Are Equal!

1/15/2018

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Do you have one language for the business arena and one for when you are being 'YOU'?

Verbosity can be tiresome and pomposity is in equal measure eccentric (neutral) and off putting. Yet for some it still has an authentic aura. I'm thinking of a few well known British politicians.

Mimic them at your peril! A few words and expressions that grate on my nerves are the following. Any sentence beginning with 'rest assured...', 'trust me....', a description of anything other than a suit as 'bespoke'.

Note, this is reflective of my bias not an inherent flaw in the word choice. Words matter. They convey more than their literal definitions, and can betray us when we're playing a role that is at odds with who we are.

A final word that I believe has little use in assertive communication is 'just'. A simple word that we all use and yet subtly conveys a lack of conviction. "I just want to take a second of your time" "I just want to make a point'. Just indicates 'I'm not worthy' (Reference Wayne's World)

When we state our case authentically we express conviction, belief, passion without ambiguity and without hedging against potential criticism.

Just my opinion (yep intentional irony!)

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The Future Is Rarely Believable!

1/2/2018

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Predict the future at your peril - other than it will supersede the present we can only hazard a guess at how it will unfold.

The internet lay dormant for years. Computers once had a market of 5 (IBM claim). Even the Wright brothers would have questioned the sanity of a claim their technology would lead to a moon landing within a lifetime.

The current nexus of technology comprising quantum computing, Internet of things (everything), cryptology with its associated applications not to mention artificial intelligence is creating disruption beyond imagination.

We live in times of unbridled opportunity, how is it possible to be bored and uninspired when awakening each day?

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It's OK To Not Know....

Beliefs Arise Beyond The Horizon Of Knowledge Where Mystery Resides Oblivious To The Concept Of Truth.

Rest Assured Not All Words Are Equal!

The Future Is Rarely Believable!

Kiaran Finn

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