Tag: That Think You Do

Terry @FromGreenhills Melia and Steve @SteveFM Evans Interview Snippet 4 – Assertiveness

Terry Melia, Steve Evans, and I had some good laughs while taping Spotlight on Joseph Carrabis and his latest book ‘That Think You Do’ Writer, Mentor, Scientist.

I’ve offered snippets of that broadcast over the past few weeks continuing with today’s Assertiveness.

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Terry @FromGreenhills Melia and Steve @SteveFM Interview Snippet 3 – Butcher

Terry Melia, Steve Evans, and I had some good laughs while taping Spotlight on Joseph Carrabis and his latest book ‘That Think You Do’ Writer, Mentor, Scientist.

I’me offering snippets of that broadcast over the next few weeks continuing with today’s Butcher.

Enjoy!

 

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Terry @FromGreenhills Melia and Steve @SteveFM Interview Snippet 2 – Coffee

Terry Melia, Steve Evans, and I had some good laughs while taping Spotlight on Joseph Carrabis and his latest book ‘That Think You Do’ Writer, Mentor, Scientist.

I’m offering snippets of that broadcast over the next few weeks continuing with today’s Coffee.

Enjoy!

 

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Terry @FromGreenhills Melia and Steve @SteveFM Evans Interview Snippet 1 – Trucking

Terry Melia, Steve Evans, and I had some good laughs while taping Spotlight on Joseph Carrabis and his latest book ‘That Think You Do’ Writer, Mentor, Scientist.

I’ll be offering snippets of that broadcast over the next few weeks starting with today’s Trucking.

Enjoy!

 

Mistaken Identities

Note: this post originally appeared as a blog arc on my old BizMediaScience blog. I’m resurrecting the complete arc here as it’s referenced in That Think You Do‘s “Unhealthy Comparisons” chapter
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I was reading a news release in Science a while back and have been thinking about it for a while. The complete news item, In The Courts, is about a man of supposed superior intelligence who, for whatever reason, did an unwise thing.

The unwise thing this man, 70 years old and a pioneer in gene-therapy research, did was molest a young girl. He’ll now spend 14 years in prison, most likely in solitary because he’ll be at risk from the other inmates.

The news item shares that scores of letters asking for leniency were sent on this fellow’s behalf to the judge.

Sometimes, and I’m not sure why, we think that people of great intellect aren’t subject to baser thoughts and desires. I remember so wanting to meet Dr. Edwin Teller, the so-called father of the American H-bomb. I wanted to meet him because I was so enraptured by his science, by his intellect, by his ability to reason and find answers where others couldn’t even come up with the questions.
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