Learning the principles of argument is a key personal development skill that all and sundry needs to learn in order to live a relatively enemy free life. We argue in order to learn new things that we have hitherto been ignorant of. We do not argue to show off our wealth of knowledge or to [...]
‘Storm or no storm’ was exactly what a 10 year old boy told his mother yesterday. The mother had wanted to forfeit going further for their shopping. You will agree with that storms has in the past costed thousand of people great opportunity that would have eradicated poverty and its ugly consequences from many families. [...]
Motivation, what motivates people and the motive behind motivating others can be anything to many. What kick starts the overwhelming power of accomplishment in one person might just produce the opposite result in the other person. However, there are basic facts about motivation that seem to command universal acceptance by most motivation theorists and researchers. [...]