Navigating a Whackadoodle World: Table of Contents

Take one episode at a time,give it one weeks strict attention,and leave everything else to its ordinary chance. A Prologue Episode One:Boats float for a reason. If you can figure out the reason, you can float too.The Power of Cause and Effect Episode Two:You see dangerous rapids ahead, while I see an exciting ride.We all … Read more

Navigating a Whackadoodle World: An Epilogue

Some advice from two hundred years ago: Featuring Benjamin Franklin’s “bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection,” along with a Whackadoodle twist. If you have entered this story in the middle, click here for the table of contents. ________ “What do we tackle next?” I parroted back, rapping my knuckles on the table. “I … Read more

Navigating a Whackadoodle World: Episode Fourteen

The Power of Indirect Effort: A Whackadoodle lesson explaining how so much of our influence and power comes to us indirectly when we learn to put life into context. If you have entered this story in the middle, click here for the table of contents. __________ My student sent me an email three days before before … Read more

Navigating a Whackadoodle World: Episode Thirteen, Part Two

The Power of Persuasion and Influence: Some Whackadoodle advice regarding True Believers versus Chronic Deceivers; how to spot them and how to handle them. If you have entered this story in the middle, click here for the table of contents. __________ When I got back, she was talking on her cell phone. “Got to go,” she … Read more