When trying to solve a problem or understand an event, counter-intuitive thinking requires two things. First, make sure you are asking the right question. Second, don’t overlook the obvious. For a change, I’ll use an example from the world of sports. Consider Super Bowl LI. During the three weeks of non-stop pre- and post-game … Read more
I hope you are sitting down. Because I’m going to make the argument Donald J. Trump, the so-called president of the United States, is perhaps the best thing that could have happened to our country. Whether we want to admit it or not, America, as envisioned by the founding fathers, is living on borrowed time. … Read more
As I have said on numerous occasions, my original intention for Deprogramming101 was to show how counter-intuitive thinking can open one’s mind to challenge the status quo and see new possibilities. One major tool to promote this broader view of reality is what Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Carl Jung called “synchronicity.” The term refers to his … Read more
You may have seen the less than flattering picture of White House assistant to the “so called president” on this week’s issue of Time Magazine with the tag line, “The Great Manipulator.” Of this, I have no doubt. Look closely at the cover photograph. It is posed, not candid. If I did not know better, I … Read more
On July 21, 2007, we were first introduced to Mad Men (Liongate Television, 2007-2015). The title refers to the staff of a fictional Madison Avenue advertising agency in the 1960s. Senior partner Don Draper (Jon Hamm) is the central character who struggles with both his professional and personal life when the sanitized world of the 1950s … Read more