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Why People Fear New Ideas

September 11, 2009

Though there are many reasons why people fear the adoption of new ideas, here are a few of the common ones I’ve run across… 1. Failure What we’re doing might not be perfect, but it’s working. Why risk changing it for something better on the chance the idea fails? 2. Blame If this new idea […]

Killing Cats

May 8, 2007

I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase “Curiosity killed the cat” it’s probably one of the more morbid cliches out there. Imagine, curiosity actually proving fatal to felines. Meee-OW! The phrase doesn’t actually spell out the fact that it was the cat’s own curiosity that did him in. Perhaps it is a human’s curiosity that puts […]

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