The Fearless Eagle

    This Thing Called Money Money, according to the adage, makes the world go round. And just now the world appears to be spinning wildly out of control, escaping from its traditional orbit and raising the specter of a head-on collision with economy, democracy and the welfare of humanity. Concern with the prevailing monetary system has given rise to calls for abolition of the current system of national currencies, a return to the gold standard, elimination of debt money and interest, reversion to local currencies that were prevalent in earlier centuries, and invention of new forms of money such as energy currency or earth currency linked to productive capacities and natural resources. The plethora of ideas floating around suggest that there is widespread discontent and confusion intermixed with a good dose of myth and superstition regarding the origin, nature and role of money in society. Rather than hastening to contribute one more solution to the mountain...

FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY Money, according to the adage, makes the world go round. And just now the world appears to be spinning wildly out of control, escaping from its traditional orbit and raising the specter of a head-on collision with economy, democracy and the welfare of humanity. Concern with the prevailing monetary system has given rise to calls for abolition of the current system of national currencies, a return to the gold standard, elimination of debt money and interest, reversion to local currencies that were prevalent in earlier centuries, and invention of new forms of money such as energy currency or earth currency linked to productive capacities and natural resources. The plethora of ideas floating around suggest that there is widespread discontent and confusion intermixed with a good dose of myth and superstition regarding the origin, nature and role of money in society. Rather than hastening to contribute one more solution to the mountain that has been p...

  When Is the Right Time To Take Actions About Your DREAMS?       Action springs from who you are, which is to say that if you vow to do something that it is completely against your character, then you are very unlikely to do it. So change must stem from a sense of personal experiment, excitement and exploration. It’s about flirting with new possibilities for who you might be. It’s about discovering through doing. And less tends to be more.  Trying out something relatively modest, discovering you enjoyed it and did it well, and then trying something more challenging, is far more likely to work than setting yourself up to climb Mount Everest first. It’s about learning to walk before you run. It’s also good not to make bold commitments ahead of time. This might be called the New-Year Resolution fallacy. Many smokers find it easier to quit by saying they won’t smoke today, rather than that they’ll never smoke again ever. Similarly, don’t feel yo...