GlocalNet

What should I be seeing, hearing, reading? From whom should I be learning that are really accurate? Books, more than speakers, seem to influence me. People influence me more than speakers. Who are they and what are they doing? I love risk, and I love sailing into the uncertain and then finding my way through it. I am a speaker--only somewhat of an emerging writer. What’s written can be interacted with, digested and thought about. You can hang out with those you know, watch them, observe them and see what they’re really about. I think a good speaker can pull the wool over your eyes easier than anyone. A good story and an inspiring challenge are good, but where does it lead? Reading a book and observing someone’s life is far more powerful. If it’s a good book, it gives breadth to context and practice. If it’s a good book, it isn’t written in a vacuum of only one perspective, but the author has critically read other key thinkers in a field and has the ability to assimilate information. If it’s a good life you’re observing, that person obviously practices what he preaches. But, I’m equally interested in how they learn, who they listen to, and what they do with what they’ve heard. I’m also interested in their humanity--what do they laugh at. Do they have a life beyond their “work” and this is big for me--does their family love them or despise them? I guess, what I’m really after is not how smart they are--it’s their intelligence that caused me to stop and listen, watch, etc., but, how good at life are they?