22-02-2012, 08:42 PM
"... most don't learn from history".
I remember reading somewhere that 'one of them' reminded his colleagues that the American people do not read.
Stated differently, most people have no curiosity about things, nor any idea how to satiate that curiosity, nor how to follow that curiosity through the spiral chain of of discipline, interest, concern, connection, resonance and change.
Most people do not see these kinds of things as personally-relevant.
This is why my single most-recommended book (written by the CEO of a trends forecasting company for Fortune 500 clients and a professor at Juilliard) is
The Everyday Work of Art: Awakening the Extraordinary in Your Daily Life
http://www.amazon.com/Everyday-Work-Art-...157071438X
http://www.everydayarts.info/
A quote from my review at Amazon:
"This ought to be required reading for every individual before they graduate from high school.
Of all the books that I recommend to others (of which there are many), this remains at the very top of the list...numero uno.
Of the over 200 books I have read on the use of one's mind, body and spirit to achieve and create excellence in one's pursuits of life, this provides the most complete survey of how to use one's sensory intake --how to pay attention -- than the rest."
I remember reading somewhere that 'one of them' reminded his colleagues that the American people do not read.
Stated differently, most people have no curiosity about things, nor any idea how to satiate that curiosity, nor how to follow that curiosity through the spiral chain of of discipline, interest, concern, connection, resonance and change.
Most people do not see these kinds of things as personally-relevant.
This is why my single most-recommended book (written by the CEO of a trends forecasting company for Fortune 500 clients and a professor at Juilliard) is
The Everyday Work of Art: Awakening the Extraordinary in Your Daily Life
http://www.amazon.com/Everyday-Work-Art-...157071438X
http://www.everydayarts.info/
A quote from my review at Amazon:
"This ought to be required reading for every individual before they graduate from high school.
Of all the books that I recommend to others (of which there are many), this remains at the very top of the list...numero uno.
Of the over 200 books I have read on the use of one's mind, body and spirit to achieve and create excellence in one's pursuits of life, this provides the most complete survey of how to use one's sensory intake --how to pay attention -- than the rest."
"Where is the intersection between the world's deep hunger and your deep gladness?"