C.V. Nór's Blog, page 2

How to Connect at Meet-Ups

I am not good at connecting. I and other people have very little in common. I tried connecting with writers when I was writing my book and after I had finished writing it, but I felt it would be a waste of time. Though I did attend some meet-up parties for other reasons.

That’s because of the way I see a connection party: an orgy, not of everyone, perhaps not of most, but of several people wanting something from others without care for others but themselves, who always try to connect to the t...

How to Grow in Your Business

Training Impact

Like a general in a battlefield who knows all about warfare but not in how to handle a bayonet—and who perhaps has never used it—I am perhaps the wrong person to give advice. But I’m of the thought that the best trainers are not the ones who have done it—done the job they’re training others to do—but who have seen other people do it. The guy from the mountain sees better than the one on the turf below.

I remember the days when people used to call me Bobby Fisher, partly bec...

Fair Trade? Healthy Competition? Ain’t no such thing!

Likely going down in history as the most accomplished president of the United States in peace time—that is, if you’re on the right—and the greatest mistake—if you’re on the left—there’s no question that Donald J. Trump has left an imprint in the American system. Whether his policies have been tasty or not depends on party politics, and this article will not address his accomplishments or lack thereof.

In fact, this is not even about him, but about one of his catch phrases, and the topic d...

The Gnostic Atheist

I am what you call an “atheist.” Rather, what some term, in my case, a “gnostic” atheist. Whether this appellation is true or false, let others decide. I don’t delve into what philosophical terms or adjectives mean regarding my knowledge. I just know what I am. But say that qualification is true about me being a gnostic atheist. What they mean is clear in the context, right or wrong, in which they say it. I know gods don’t exist. I have no doubts on that head. No questions. Indeed, it is just th...

The Atheist

I am what you call an “atheist.” Rather, what some term, in my case, a “gnostic” atheist. Whether this appellation is true or false, let others decide. I don’t delve into what philosophical terms or adjectives mean regarding my knowledge. I just know what I am. But say that qualification is true about me being a gnostic atheist. What they mean is clear in the context, right or wrong, in which they say it. I know gods don’t exist. I have no doubts on that head. No questions. Indeed, it is just th...

What you pay is not the real price

Guy walks into store to buy cigarettes, and says, “they’re so expensive!” Counter guy goes, condescendingly smartass, “it’s an expensive habit!” I wasn’t going to let him get away with that. I said from the back, “no, it’s not!” Counter guy, “well it’s twelve dollars.” Me, “It’s an artificial government price.” Any addiction or habit is expensive even if the product you buy is cheap, but that’s on you. But to call something an expensive habit because government has raised the price artificially ...

What to do if…

If a lion is in your vicinity, don’t run. If a bear is nearing you, play dead, or grab some honey and chuck it in his face.

How are you?

This is a great way to start an introduction. “How are you?” in America carries value. It is non-threatening and ingratiating, even if no more is said. The person you said it to feels he can trust you.

Smart Life Insurance, at Twenty.

There is a plethora of good reasons to avoid life insurance, regardless of your age. As the saying goes, the money that you pay for life insurance every month can be put to better use, especially if you are in financial straits, and every penny you part with can make a difference in your current situation.

You might need bread tomorrow. Or milk. Or lunch. Or you might be the one in charge of buying the beer at the frat party, a bad thing if this falls on the very day the insurance payment...

Philosophy and Ideology

There was once a question posted in a social medium about the difference between Philosophy and Ideology. Being against quick answers, those that slip thoughtlessly from the brain lips and the physical lips, I thought deeply about it.

When people think of philosophy, they typically envision the images of old personalities such as Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, Kant, Nietzsche, Hume, and others we consider luminaries.

Not seldom, reading any of these bards of beautiful and often dramatic thoug...