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About Me

...to be continued...

Location:
Canada, Quebec
Current organization:
International Development Consulting
Current role:
Executive Director
Gender:
Male
Areas of expertise:
Capacity-building in International Development, evaluation and strategic planning, Monitoring & Tracking Systems
I am:
Athlete, Consultant, Entrepreneur, Explorer, Idea generator, World traveler
Languages:
French, English, Indonesian, Spanish
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I'm passionate about

...the inner world...

An idea worth spreading

...the effects of thoughts on matter...

Talk to me about

...your efforts towards revealing the best within...

People don't know that I'm good at

...finding the unrevealed...

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  • A comment on Conversation: In your opinion, what was the worst decision made by US government that didn't benefit people?

    Jan 20 2012: When the Congress approved the Federal Reserve Act, and President Wilson signed it into law on December 23, 1913. From there on, the nation's money was given control to Bankers. It was the beginning of the end for United States.

    "...if any man is found taking usury, his lands will be confiscated, and he will be banished from England..." - Alfred the Great, King of England; 849-901 A.D.

    "Give me control of a nation's money and I care not who makes the laws." - Amschel Rothschild

    "I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers. To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt." -Thomas Jefferson


    The in and out behind the creation of the FDR : http://www.themoneymasters.com/
    See the 1912 cartoon, about a year before its creation: http://noeticlicence.tumblr.com/post/11511537738/cartoon-from-1912-one-year-before-the-creation-of
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    A comment on Talk: Tyler Cowen: Be suspicious of stories

    Jan 20 2012: On stories, Cowen says "Don't let them make you too happy"..."We need to be suspicious''....Suspicious about what ?

    I don't get it.

    Mythic stories do reflect psychological dynamics and can therefore be used to better know thyself. On the perspectives of mythic stories and inner growth, Jonathan Young writes:

    "We are shaped by the stories we love. If you like the Harry Potter adventures, maybe you will be able to do magical things with your creativity. The magician character is like an inner professor of the imagination. If stories about wizards appeal to you, there is probably something about you that will be good at creativity." http://www.folkstory.com/

    What should I understand from Mr. Cowen's word of caution: "be suspicious" about stories? Should we take a distance from them ? Are the opportunity costs too high? And what type of opportunity costs is he referring to ?

    The story line is not clear...not for me anyway.

    On the value of stories:

    The story was the bushman’s most sacred possession. These people knew what we do not; that without a story you have not got a nation, or culture, or civilization. Without a story of your own, you haven’t got a life of your own. —Laurens Van der Post

    Why was Solomon recognized as the wisest man in the world? Because he knew more stories (proverbs) than anyone else. Scratch the surface in a typical boardroom and we’re all just cavemen with briefcases, hungry for a wise person to tell us stories. —Alan Kay, vice president at Walt Disney

    Those who do not have power over the story that dominates their lives, the power to retell it, rethink it, deconstruct it, joke about it, and change it as times change, truly are powerless, because they cannot think new thoughts. —Salman Rushdie

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