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How To Fix Race Relations, Or Any Relationship. (EP.240) Introduction Here is the process: Take 100% responsibility for the relationship. Tell the other party that the relationship is important to you. Ask them to speak first; seek first to understand. Tell them about what you see and feel. Discuss, find and implement correcting and healing behavior. Repeat. Oh, and take 100% responsibility for the relationship This applies to everything from person-to-person relationships, race relations, and p...

Introduction Only correct speech is not violence. And only correct speech is acceptable. That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing In the movie, “Cool Hand Luke”, Paul Newman plays prisoner Luke Jackson. Strother Martin is the Captain in this Southern chain gang prison film. After trying to escape for the second time, the Captain says to Luke, “You run one time, you got yourself a set of chains. You run twice, you got yourself two sets. You ain’t gonna need no third set ’cause...

Introduction I grew up in suburban Philadelphia, until I was 15 and left for Colorado to live with my Mother in early 1959. I lived on the “ Main Line ” in the 1950s, where I remember an often played and frequently discussed public service spot on radio that featured the suggestion, “Take a Negro to lunch.” I was about 12, and having had almost no contact with Negroes, I thought that was a good idea. We could all start to get to know each other. One of my favorite bits of wisdom is that behind e...

Introduction Today we are going to hear from Charles (Charley) Bobo. Charley is a close and respected friend. More important to the Revolution 2.0™ audience, Mr. Bobo has well researched, strongly held and thoughtfully delivered thoughts about a recent COVID-induced debate: nonessential vs essential work and workers. That is the subject of today’s hour-long interview. Continuing “ I recently heard an interview with Mike Rowe, the host of the TV show Dirty Jobs , discussing his thoughts on the CO...

Introduction The actions of the former Minneapolis officers were horrifying, inhumane and intolerable in every way. The aggressive taunting on both sides of the video camera recording the event was sadly revealing. And the days of widespread looting and burning had nothing to do with honoring or seeking justice for George Floyd. Were the officers being racist? No, not directly. What we are seeing here is the racial component of the deepening and destructive divides on our country, America. And t...

Introduction The “Reader’s Digest” used to be in every home and waiting room in America. The stories, humor and features were widely popular, and often passed along. All of the stories were said to be true; here is one from yesteryear about a Captain Smith during WWII. The good Captain was working away in the bowels of the Pentagon, handling vital war-related paperwork. He always arrived on time at his department, but he never finished until hours after everyone else had gone home. This happene...

Introduction My step-father, Charles J. “Chuck” Warner, bought two season tickets to the Broncos in 1960, the first season of the old American Football League. The family shares those tickets to this day; I am a dyed-in-the-wool Broncos Fanatic. When it comes to more substantive issues, e.g., political, religious and economic beliefs, I take a far more studied approach. And I adapt and change as new and better data are available, and as my thinking advances. Not so with my Broncos; I am a fan(at...

Introduction I keep reading and hearing that we are all, “In this together.” and “We will defeat COVID together.” Is that really true? Or are we on very different agenda-driven teams? Are we “In this together.” in life overall? That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing Wow, Will, you usually have such professional and provocative featured images; what’s up with this pile of plastic-wrapped doggie do? I am frequently on this little used fire road deep in the hills with an acces...

Introduction COVID-19 has budgets being reassessed and often cut, in homes and at different levels of government. Here is a remarkable opportunity to change our thinking from, “This is good, let’s pay for it.” to, “Here’s the budget, let’s rank our priorities and see what we can afford.” Today’s Money Tip: Treat all money, e.g., your employer’s and the taxpayer’s money, like your own. That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing Here’s something we hear frequently. “Having an edu...

Introduction “Your liberty to swing your fist ends just where my nose begins.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, a well respected American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932. My guess is that we would all agree with Justice Holmes. The question comes in how to apply this general rule to the corona world. That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing Before we can get into today’s topic, we need to deal with misplaced assumpt...

Introduction Today we are going to hear from a respected friend of mine, Jim Kuhn. Jim is an Air Force Academy graduate, a pilot and an instructor pilot. Mr. Kuhn has a long and distinguished career as a project management professional. He has a solid platform of success and personal growth for talking to us about focusing on doing the right thing. That is the subject of today’s hour long interview. Continuing “Before we get into the real topic of today, it’s probably best to talk a little about...

Introduction All the examples of character and the types of behavior we see in individuals, groups, political parties and governments during the corona crises, were baked in well before this crisis. Crises don’t build character, they reveal it. That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing Today’s Key Point: Character is developed over the years, little by little. Following examples, trying on what feels right, seeing what works in the little things. Then taking those lessons and...

Introduction Rephrasing the question to be more specific, “If you are a monotheist, believing in one God, are there multiple paths that allow us to truly connect with that Supreme Being?” That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing Today’s Key Question: If you are a monotheist, believing in one God, are there multiple paths that allow us to truly connect with that Supreme Being? Today’s Key Answer: Yes. I’d like to sit down with you with a piece of paper or a small white board t...

Introduction Every parent has heard one or more of their children protest, “It’s Not Fair” loudly and often. The protested issue could be assigned homework, who got the better Christmas presents, bedtime, why you won’t buy them the car they want–you name it and it has been deemed to be unfair. Every parent has responded in the same, correct way, “Life is not fair.” A tough, vital lesson. Have we forgotten that piece of hard-to-take wisdom? Today’s Key Question: When unpleasant events and circums...

Introduction Both Climate Change and COVID models loudly claim to be based in scientific thinking, more specifically environmental science and medical science. The believers call the non-believers “deniers.” The non-believers call the believers sheep and big government dupes. I use the words believers and non-believers advisedly; people on both sides show a religious-like fervor when supporting their side, and slamming the other. Today’s Key Question: How do you think through tough issues like t...

Introduction The question about when and how to open America back up is not about the Constitution vs autocratic politicians. And it is not about supposed medical sanity vs COVID deniers. There are only these two questions here. Today’s Key Point: Can there be crises, COVID-19 or else, that legitimately prompt governments at the various levels to move to limit personal freedoms? Are the various governments permitted under the Constitution to restrict those freedoms? That is the subject of today’...

Introduction The National Football League has been around since 1936. Even after 84 years of in-depth college athlete drafting experience, players chosen with precious No. 1 picks can fail miserably, and others who were completely ignored in the selection process can wind up in the National Football League Hall of Fame. What can we make of COVID predictions, predictions made with dramatically less confirmed data and shakier models than available prior to the annual NFL Draft? Today’s Key point: ...

Introduction Paraphrasing the overworked “Think outside the box.” cliche. Today’s key point: Everyone has a box, a box where our thinking, politics, beliefs, biases, etc., live. And fester. Unless we constantly work on getting outside of–and staying outside of–our boxes, we will stay in them, embracing others who are in the same or similar boxes, and dismissing or even hating those in other boxes. That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing Using the word box as the metaphor is ...

Introduction “It is a lot harder to create income and wealth than it is to spend it.” -Will Luden. We all know that from our daily lives, e.g., which is harder; earning and saving money for vacation, or spending it while on vacation? And this observation about earning and spending lines up nicely with common sense. The Golden Goose is our American capitalist economy, an economy that is by far the largest and most successful in the history of history. Hundreds of millions of people over 300 years...

Introduction Today we are talking about the World of Change. Note that I did not say “New Normal.” Life is always changing; change is the only constant. There is nothing new about change, so I am going to pass on the “new” term New Normal. Change is normal; there is nothing new about that. What is changing? Are you changing? Today’s Key Point: The corona crisis is giving us the opportunity to live better, and to live in a way that helps others. Are we doing that? Are we even willing to do that? ...

Introduction What should be the strategic goal that we want to achieve in educating our youth? Try this one on: The best pre K-12 education with the most efficient use of taxpayer dollars. And those dollars should go equally and freely to homeschooling as well as traditional public schools, charter schools and private schools. That’s what Revolution 2.0™ desires. What do you want? Today’s Key Point: Home schools, charter and private schools, all make public schools stronger. That is the subject ...

Introduction In the new corona world, Americans are beginning to ask how to balance lives vs. living and livelihood. After all, we accept that we must balance that equation elsewhere–why not with the coronavirus? If we wanted to reduce the annual slaughter on our highways, 37K died in 2018, we would take the max highway speed back limit to 55 mph. With 30% of those deaths alcohol related, we could make the penalty for the first DUI a year’s license suspension, and the second a lifetime forfeitur...

Introduction How long did the sea of American flags that were proudly and defiantly displayed post 9/11 last? Will the friendliness and kindness that is cropping up here and there in today’s corona world last? Or will the “Me first, forget you.” thinking seen in our politicians, the hoarders and the large groups of people who seem utterly unconcerned about their being a part of spreading COVID-19 be what prevails when we get through this? Which part of our national character will appear and domi...

Introduction What are we doing? As individuals, as communities, a nation–and a world? “Never waste a good crisis.” is often quoted as an example of how the most cynical among us can take a disaster, and use it to advance their own careers–and to benefit those who share their political beliefs. Has anyone given thought about how we can use a crisis to everyone’s benefit? This brings up today’s question: What are we doing with the corona crisis? Are we using it to advantage ourselves and to club o...