A journalist covering Iran I saw speak last night that got me thinking critically about the Freedombox in a way the Freedombox community would benefit from, in my opinion. Someone asked the journalist what people working for freedom in Iran did about governments having access to data on Facebook and similar tools. Being in the Freedombox community, I anticipated her saying something like it was a big problem and people[…] Keep reading →

Continuing writing about my North Korea trip… More pictures. Click on them for larger views. The Wikipedia page on the DMZ gives some background. The picture of Neil and Ingrid pushing the limits to play Skittykitts. You can see Neil starting to sweat because a North Korean, probably an armed soldier, is telling him to get up or else. More about Skittykitts here. What is Skittykitts? As Neil put it,[…] Keep reading →

[This post is part of a series on The Method to use The Model — my model for the human emotional system designed for use in leadership, self-awareness, and general purpose professional and personal development — which I find the most effective and valuable foundation for understanding yourself and others and improving your life. If you don’t see a Table of Contents to the left, click here to view the[…] Keep reading →

Continuing writing about my North Korea trip… More pictures. Click on them for larger views. I copied most of my blurbs from when I posted these pictures on a social network site a month ago. Sorry about any repetition between what I wrote then for these pictures and what I wrote recently for other pictures. The Wikipedia page on the DMZ gives good background. Links don’t seem to show up[…] Keep reading →

[This post is part of a series on The Method to use The Model — my model for the human emotional system designed for use in leadership, self-awareness, and general purpose professional and personal development — which I find the most effective and valuable foundation for understanding yourself and others and improving your life. If you don’t see a Table of Contents to the left, click here to view the[…] Keep reading →

The video below shows the celebrations of Youth Day 2011, the day my group played in the first Ultimate Frisbee tournament (not in the video) and attended a Mass Dance (in the video). A Mass Dance is different than the spectacular Arirang Mass Games — a huge choreographed performance of about 100,000 people. A Mass Dance seems to be a public folk dance in a public square. Our bus brought[…] Keep reading →

EDIT: I modified how I present the Method slightly. Please see the new version of this page and the updated series on implementing the Method. The next few posts will describe the Method, which is how to use the Model to lead yourself and others and to improve your life, in particular, using the elements you have voluntary control over. In time, you’ll probably think of the Method as I[…] Keep reading →

More themes to expect from this blog on North Korea… Leadership, control, and how you are led and controlled You can’t miss some of the North Korean government’s more blatant methods to control its population — the propaganda, unique versions of history, controlling the flow of people and information across its borders, and regulating trade, for example. Some you can’t see as a tourist but the press outside North Korea[…] Keep reading →

When do I think of when to implement the Method? In leadership situations: especially when times call for me to motivate or influence others, to negotiate, to listen, to empathize and see things from another person’s perspective. Times like these make self-awareness and knowing how to act on it important. In personal leadership situations: when times call for me to motivate myself, to understand myself better, and so on. I’ve[…] Keep reading →