Sunday, January 8th, 2012
by Charles Stricklin
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The Myers-BriggsType Indicator® assessment is a psychometric questionnaire designed to measure psychological preferences in how people perceive the world and make decisions. These preferences were extrapolated from the typological theories proposed by Carl Gustav Jung. The original developers of the personality inventory were … Continue reading
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
by Charles Stricklin
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On the eve of the Iowa caucuses, here are my quick thoughts on the current candidates: Romney: Typical politician – Has no core convictions. Will say or do anything to get elected, rich enough to think he can buy the election. … Continue reading
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
by Charles Stricklin
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Shortly after the breakup of my engagement in July of 2002, someone left a box in the alley beside or behind a co-worker’s home in Benton, Louisiana. Inside that box was a small, grey kitten who was probably only a … Continue reading
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
by Charles Stricklin
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Most people would agree with me if I said that the United States government is messed up. They’d disagree with me over what the problems are, who’s responsible and how to fix things, but I don’t think anyone in their right mind … Continue reading
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
by Charles Stricklin
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Earlier today, I was listening to my backlog of audio podcasts while I tried to get caught up on things, and I listened to John Jantsch’s excellent show Duct Tape Marketing, and my ears perked up when listening to the June 30th, … Continue reading
Saturday, January 8th, 2011
by Charles Stricklin
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God rested on the 7th “day” (whatever that was), not because He needed rest (Psalm 121:4), but to set an example to us, that even the strongest of us need to slow down every now and again. Verse 5 and … Continue reading
Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
by Charles Stricklin
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A friend of mine that I first met when I organized WordCamp Dallas, Ronald Huereca, has written WordPress and Ajax, an e-book that provides a comprehensive view on using Ajax (a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to … Continue reading
Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
by Charles Stricklin
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Human language cannot represent nor human minds fathom a universe without time, but we know that time is relative to both mass and the absence of mass (space). God created all of these things: space, mass and time, so a time when … Continue reading
Saturday, January 1st, 2011
by Charles Stricklin
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Genesis itself contains no mention of its author. According to Jewish tradition, Moses wrote the bulk of the Torah, also known as the Pentateuch, during the time when Israel wandered in the wilderness. The Hebrew Torah comes from the word תּוֹרָה, meaning “Instruction”, and the … Continue reading
Monday, December 27th, 2010
by Charles Stricklin
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So many “personality” exams focus on fixing our shortcomings instead of identifying and developing our strengths. Going against that trend, I recently took the StrengthsFinder 2.0 assessment, and it identified the following five strengths or themes as my top five: Input, Intellection, Communication, Responsibility … Continue reading