Jack’s Winning Words 6/3/14
“If you dare nothing, then when the day is over, nothing is all you will have gained.” (Neil Gaiman) A reader told me of “Risk Savvy” by Gerd Gigerenzer, a book sub-titled, How To Make Good Decisions. All of life is a risk, so we just need to know how to make better decisions about money, health, personal life. Surprisingly, risk increases with too much information. It’s OK to dare, but be savvy about it. Are you a risk-er? ;-) Jack
FROM SHARIN' SHARON: Much more of a risk-er if I think taking a risk serves the common good and not just myself. What an extraordinary observation "Surprisingly, risk increases with too much information." On the one hand, I almost can't believe that but, on the other hand, maybe it just demonstrates how multi-dimensional all of reality really is and how bound up with boundaries human beings really are so that possibly there is nothing but risk and more risk and finally we have too much information not to be aware of that.====JACK: People seeking more and more information run the danger of never getting down to business. The saying is...Paralysis by analysis!
FROM TARMART REV: I heard it said too with something like this: "We cannot experience something we've never experienced before until we step out and participate in that which we have never done before!?!?" A brain-teaser for sure!! ====JACK: I remember the first time I preached a sermon...in a country church...in Iowa. I stood in the church pulpit on a Saturday night and delivered that sermon several times, to empty pews, but the next day it was a different experience...speaking to live people.
FROM HAWKEYE GEORGE: Tom Peters mantra is "Ready, Fire, Aim."====JACK: Some preachers are guilty of making that mistake. We were taught in seminary to preach from a text, i.e. to select a portion of scripture (ready); decide the relevant point that you want to make (aim); and then craft and deliver the words in such a way that they relate to where the people are in their day to day living (fire).
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Much more of a risk-er if I think taking a risk serves the common good and not just myself.
What an extraordinary observation "Surprisingly, risk increases with too much information." On the one hand, I almost can't believe that but, on the other hand, maybe it just demonstrates how multi-dimensional all of reality really is and how bound up with boundaries human beings really are so that possibly there is nothing but risk and more risk and finally we have too much information not to be aware of that.
S.H. in MI
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