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Is Anyone Listening?
I recently participated in a webinar entitled “What is the Earth Asking of Us?” arranged by...
Cynical or Fearful – Rethinking The Independent Mindset
Shakespeare wrote, “What’s in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” and he was...
Black Lives Matter – The Roots of Racism in The Cynical Mindset
As discussed in the A Brief History of the Western Mindset section of The Hopeful Mindset, the...
2 Paths Forward from COVID-19
Dr Trevor Hancock of the University of Victoria proposes that, rather than bouncing back from...
The Coronavirus Pandemic: A Push in the Right Direction?
“It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next. We can choose to walk through it,...
Is There A Silver Lining to the Coronavirus?
If ever there was an unmistakable demonstration of the interdependent nature of our world it is...
Trump’s Gut
Donald Trump has proudly proclaimed that he usually goes with his gut when making decisions...
The Buddha’s 4 Noble Truths and the Hopeful Mindset
Did the Buddha teach something resembling The Hopeful Mindset? There are some striking...
Two Wolves: A Parable on the Care and Feeding of the Hopeful Mindset
An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to...
5 Lies of the Cynical Mindset
We accept many falsehoods as truths when we operate under the conceptual umbrella of the Cynical...
A Declaration of Interdependence
The Hopeful Mindset delineates the highly influential differences between the beliefs that arise...
The Oxfam Report on Economic Inequality: The Fearful Mindset Strikes Again
“The growing concentration of the world’s wealth has been highlighted by a report showing that the...