I cannot lose what has already been lost or win what was always mine.
What I want I have and what I feel so strongly I am losing I lost a long time ago.
Like the headless chicken there is noise and movement but the end has come and gone.
Once the nervous energy is depleted the living go on and the dead... well, they bury their own.
The Secret Thoughts of Chairman Don
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Who keeps killing the electric car?
The Story goes that Thomas Edison, Who Henry Ford worked for at the time, encouraged Ford to 'keep at' his dream of a horseless automobile and most tellingly 'to not waste his time trying to make a car run viably on electricity'.
Despite this 100 years ago there were more Electric cars on the road than petrol cars.
The Detroit Automobile Co., Ford's first company, failed, without producing any cars, and Henry Ford was ousted by angry investors.
The reason we drive petrol cars today is because of a commercial decision of Henry Ford, supported by Edison, J.P. Morgan, and especially John Davison Rockefeller. These three persuaded him to abandon the electric car and to continue with his petrol engine while Rockefeller sought to obtain a worldwide monopoly on the use of petroleum.
This is not the only example of this group suppressing superior technology in favour of higher profits; J. P. Morgan and Rockefeller controlled companies like Thomson-Houston and Edison General Electric who became the General Electric Co. tried in the late 1890's to take over Westinghouse a contemporary power generating company and force them to abandon their Alternating Current[AC] power systems to protect their far less efficient and more expensive Direct Current[DC] systems.
What about the electric car?
"They are more efficient than [petrol] cars and don't rely on [petrol]. More efficient means less energy consumed and less pollution.
According to scientists at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies. 2005 was the hottest year recorded in over a century.
A recent EPA study showed that Los Angeles has the second highest cancer risk in the [US] due to air toxins and hazardous chemicals like benzene, which is emitted primarily from vehicles. Electric cars are also free from many of the maintenance costs. oil changes and fuel filters of standard internal-combustion engines.
No [petrol] means Less dependence on foreign oil sources. We are mired in an increasingly costly and unpopular war in the Middle East.
We believe that giving consumers an opportunity to own or Lease electric cars again would be a step towards doing something about global warming, about pollution, and about our dependency on oil...
Who keeps killing the electric car?
This is a controversial question, What do you think?
Would you give up a $100 Trillion oil revenue just because you 'might' save the planet??
Don't forget the $100 Trillion plus automobile support industries [brake pads to air fresheners]
"In Late 2000, right around the time GM started pulling the plug on its electric car program, GM sold to Texaco Inc. its 60% share in GM-Ovonic, a partnership between GM and the Ovonic Battery Company, which developed the nickel-metal-hydride (NiMH] battery that was used in the second- generation EVI. [15] If the oil industry was so sceptical about the feasibility of battery-powered electric cars, or if they didn't really think these cars were a threat, why buy its underlying technology? In 2001, Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. sued Matsushita Battery Industrial Co., Panasonic EV Energy Co. and the Toyota Motor Corporation for alleged patent infringement of NiMH battery technology developed by its subsidiary, Ovonic Battery Company.[16] The case was settled in 2004, with no party admitting liability, and the terms of the settlement were kept confidential." - http://www.sonyclassics.com/whokilledtheelectriccar/
My real question is why don't the leaders of these uber-companies recognise that the future technology they 'believe' will resolve our current crisis could just as easily be the technology that replaces their £100 Trillion petroleum cash cow with a £200 Trillion 'New Thing to make Money'???
Despite this 100 years ago there were more Electric cars on the road than petrol cars.
The Detroit Automobile Co., Ford's first company, failed, without producing any cars, and Henry Ford was ousted by angry investors.
The reason we drive petrol cars today is because of a commercial decision of Henry Ford, supported by Edison, J.P. Morgan, and especially John Davison Rockefeller. These three persuaded him to abandon the electric car and to continue with his petrol engine while Rockefeller sought to obtain a worldwide monopoly on the use of petroleum.
This is not the only example of this group suppressing superior technology in favour of higher profits; J. P. Morgan and Rockefeller controlled companies like Thomson-Houston and Edison General Electric who became the General Electric Co. tried in the late 1890's to take over Westinghouse a contemporary power generating company and force them to abandon their Alternating Current[AC] power systems to protect their far less efficient and more expensive Direct Current[DC] systems.
What about the electric car?
"They are more efficient than [petrol] cars and don't rely on [petrol]. More efficient means less energy consumed and less pollution.
According to scientists at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies. 2005 was the hottest year recorded in over a century.
A recent EPA study showed that Los Angeles has the second highest cancer risk in the [US] due to air toxins and hazardous chemicals like benzene, which is emitted primarily from vehicles. Electric cars are also free from many of the maintenance costs. oil changes and fuel filters of standard internal-combustion engines.
No [petrol] means Less dependence on foreign oil sources. We are mired in an increasingly costly and unpopular war in the Middle East.
We believe that giving consumers an opportunity to own or Lease electric cars again would be a step towards doing something about global warming, about pollution, and about our dependency on oil...
Who keeps killing the electric car?
This is a controversial question, What do you think?
Would you give up a $100 Trillion oil revenue just because you 'might' save the planet??
Don't forget the $100 Trillion plus automobile support industries [brake pads to air fresheners]
"In Late 2000, right around the time GM started pulling the plug on its electric car program, GM sold to Texaco Inc. its 60% share in GM-Ovonic, a partnership between GM and the Ovonic Battery Company, which developed the nickel-metal-hydride (NiMH] battery that was used in the second- generation EVI. [15] If the oil industry was so sceptical about the feasibility of battery-powered electric cars, or if they didn't really think these cars were a threat, why buy its underlying technology? In 2001, Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. sued Matsushita Battery Industrial Co., Panasonic EV Energy Co. and the Toyota Motor Corporation for alleged patent infringement of NiMH battery technology developed by its subsidiary, Ovonic Battery Company.[16] The case was settled in 2004, with no party admitting liability, and the terms of the settlement were kept confidential." - http://www.sonyclassics.com/whokilledtheelectriccar/
My real question is why don't the leaders of these uber-companies recognise that the future technology they 'believe' will resolve our current crisis could just as easily be the technology that replaces their £100 Trillion petroleum cash cow with a £200 Trillion 'New Thing to make Money'???
Friday, May 25, 2007
What is Life? Love In A Moment!
Do not be seduced by the illusion of permanence
Nothing is as Life is a circle
Be encouraged by the knowledge of immortality
Everything is as Life is a circle
One was there before you and is cause of you
One continues after you because of you
Where is Joy without Pain
Where is there Pain without Joy
Even as the oceans dance in the raindrop
So a lifetime of love and beauty sings in each moment
Treasure Now with your love
It is all you have
All you ever had
and as you always Know
All you need
What is Life? Love In A Moment!
Nothing is as Life is a circle
Be encouraged by the knowledge of immortality
Everything is as Life is a circle
One was there before you and is cause of you
One continues after you because of you
Where is Joy without Pain
Where is there Pain without Joy
Even as the oceans dance in the raindrop
So a lifetime of love and beauty sings in each moment
Treasure Now with your love
It is all you have
All you ever had
and as you always Know
All you need
What is Life? Love In A Moment!
Monday, May 21, 2007
It takes time to write less??
As one who posts less often.
I would draw attention to the words attributed to George Bernard Shaw.
"I'm sorry this letter is so long. I didn't have time to write a shorter one"
although it has been suggested that the original version was;
"I have only made this letter rather long because I have not had time to make it shorter" Pascal, 1656.
...either way, often we may benefit from taking the time to "boil down" posts to make them as universal and unambiguous as possible and also take time to check our sources and facts.
Least said soonest mended.
I would draw attention to the words attributed to George Bernard Shaw.
"I'm sorry this letter is so long. I didn't have time to write a shorter one"
although it has been suggested that the original version was;
"I have only made this letter rather long because I have not had time to make it shorter" Pascal, 1656.
...either way, often we may benefit from taking the time to "boil down" posts to make them as universal and unambiguous as possible and also take time to check our sources and facts.
Least said soonest mended.
Friday, May 18, 2007
Confidence, Arrogance and Humility
A couple of thoughts on the relationship between High levels of confidence and arrogance, taken from a form reply on Ecademy
The threshold for arrogance may be lower than we might think...
"When someone asks you a question, answer him or her sincerely, and when you are not asked, do not force your teaching upon others. - Jae Woong Kim, "Polishing the Diamond"
We all have reason to be highly confident [maybe the mavericks get this and non-mavericks don't] and we all have reason to be humble [maybe the non-mavericks get this and the mavericks don't]
To prevent high levels of self confidence becoming arrogance maintain a large sense of humility...
Weak as we are, compared to the health and strength we desire;
Ignorant as we are, compared to the height, and width, and depth of knowledge which is all around us;
Miserable as we are, compared to the happiness of which we feel ourselves capable;
even so, somewhere inside we see nothing beyond or above us,
Nothing to which we or our children may not attain,
of great,
of beautiful,
of excellent.
And to feel the power of this mighty principle,
To urge it forward in its course and accelerate the change in our condition which it promises,
We must be awake to its practice and always remind ourselves
We truly can do anything.
I would agree with a previous point that, for me, the all important judgement caller for 'where high self confidence can lead' is intention.
Arrogance is; vain, aggressive, proud, greedy and a taker, if a highly confident person demonstrates these qualities then arrogance is not far away.
"There is nothing uglier than vanity
Nothing is more impotent than aggression
Arrogance dishonours pride
Even as the desire for gain shelters theft and greed
In the end all acts of force must yield
The burdens of the taker ever grow
The giver walks free of chains"
Take care of YOU
you're the best YOU there is
and that will ever be.
The threshold for arrogance may be lower than we might think...
"When someone asks you a question, answer him or her sincerely, and when you are not asked, do not force your teaching upon others. - Jae Woong Kim, "Polishing the Diamond"
We all have reason to be highly confident [maybe the mavericks get this and non-mavericks don't] and we all have reason to be humble [maybe the non-mavericks get this and the mavericks don't]
To prevent high levels of self confidence becoming arrogance maintain a large sense of humility...
Weak as we are, compared to the health and strength we desire;
Ignorant as we are, compared to the height, and width, and depth of knowledge which is all around us;
Miserable as we are, compared to the happiness of which we feel ourselves capable;
even so, somewhere inside we see nothing beyond or above us,
Nothing to which we or our children may not attain,
of great,
of beautiful,
of excellent.
And to feel the power of this mighty principle,
To urge it forward in its course and accelerate the change in our condition which it promises,
We must be awake to its practice and always remind ourselves
We truly can do anything.
I would agree with a previous point that, for me, the all important judgement caller for 'where high self confidence can lead' is intention.
Arrogance is; vain, aggressive, proud, greedy and a taker, if a highly confident person demonstrates these qualities then arrogance is not far away.
"There is nothing uglier than vanity
Nothing is more impotent than aggression
Arrogance dishonours pride
Even as the desire for gain shelters theft and greed
In the end all acts of force must yield
The burdens of the taker ever grow
The giver walks free of chains"
Take care of YOU
you're the best YOU there is
and that will ever be.
Monday, October 16, 2006
Success Mindstyle
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The Bottom Line
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CHOOSE TO WRITE YOURSELF A GREAT TIME!
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006
The Don of Motivation
Well Today was the day, when I look back and want to know when I got off the fence and decided to GO For IT 100%, Today was that day.
Say Hello to 'The Don of Motivation' the title created for me by Roy Smoothe of 'The smoothe mix' fame
Just had a great conversation with Mitch of THE BIG EYE and I will be writing a regular column for them and staking a claim to a spot high on the UK motivational speakers charts Starting 22nd May at Portvale Football Club where I will be one of the speakers giving our time to support the Young people of the Gambia at the North Midlands Master Class
And then on Wed 14th June '06 in London at the Unforgetable Speaking and Presenting seminar
Don's Blog
Say Hello to 'The Don of Motivation' the title created for me by Roy Smoothe of 'The smoothe mix' fame
Just had a great conversation with Mitch of THE BIG EYE and I will be writing a regular column for them and staking a claim to a spot high on the UK motivational speakers charts Starting 22nd May at Portvale Football Club where I will be one of the speakers giving our time to support the Young people of the Gambia at the North Midlands Master Class
And then on Wed 14th June '06 in London at the Unforgetable Speaking and Presenting seminar
Don's Blog
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Mind into Matter or Sharing Stories
" ...within your own mind and body [lies] a majestic story filled with drama, pathos, humor, intelligence, fantasy, and fact." - Dr. Fred Alan Wolf AKA Dr. Quantum
This is the engine of your story telling power. When we share our stories we create 'meaning' for others and in that way our thoughts pass through space to affect matter .
This is the engine of your story telling power. When we share our stories we create 'meaning' for others and in that way our thoughts pass through space to affect matter .
My purpose for Blogging
You know as you surf the web, read e-mails, do work on your Personal Computer etc, you may notice thoughts or ideas you want to put some where for later...
Well this Blog is where I am going to 'jot' down stuff that makesme go ummm and that I want to revisit or explore later. It's stuff that I might otherwise forget about and I'm trustuing that having it here it will be easier to find and also reveal as much to me as it will to anyone else who wishes to browse the result.
Well this Blog is where I am going to 'jot' down stuff that makesme go ummm and that I want to revisit or explore later. It's stuff that I might otherwise forget about and I'm trustuing that having it here it will be easier to find and also reveal as much to me as it will to anyone else who wishes to browse the result.
Thursday, December 29, 2005
The Relationship Ratio
Here's a quote from my second unfinished book 'Reduced NLP' from the chapter entitled 'People work like this'
It's a piece on the Relationship Ratio...
The Relationship Ratio
The Relationship Ratio is the ratio between supporting and motivating in a relationship.
In strong human relationships the ratio of support to motivation will be greater than 10 to 1.
Supporting is time expensive and energy efficient. Supporting leads to increases in personal emotional strength.
Motivating is time efficient and energy expensive. Motivating expends personal emotional power.
Relationships can be quickly strengthened by identifying opportunities to improve your Relationship Ratio. Take every opportunity to replace motivation strategies with supporting strategies.
3 things to Pay attention to when you are working on your ratios:
And as A. A. Milne's Christopher Robin said to Pooh Bear;
'Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.'
It's a piece on the Relationship Ratio...
The Relationship Ratio
The Relationship Ratio is the ratio between supporting and motivating in a relationship.
In strong human relationships the ratio of support to motivation will be greater than 10 to 1.
Supporting is time expensive and energy efficient. Supporting leads to increases in personal emotional strength.
Motivating is time efficient and energy expensive. Motivating expends personal emotional power.
Relationships can be quickly strengthened by identifying opportunities to improve your Relationship Ratio. Take every opportunity to replace motivation strategies with supporting strategies.
3 things to Pay attention to when you are working on your ratios:
- Notice how effective it is to replace a motivating strategy with a supporting strategy
- Notice how the ego resists efforts to replace a motivating strategy with a supporting strategy.
- Notice how acurate you become at providing empowering support and positive motivation at the right times and in the correct amounts.
And as A. A. Milne's Christopher Robin said to Pooh Bear;
'Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.'
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