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It's true that only a fool dismisses (out of hand) the advice of others. It's also true that only an idiot relies on the advice of fools.

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The business of doing business means dealing with a lot of P: Politics Paranoia Pomposity Process Procedure Pontification Plans Polling Peddling Prima donnas Patter Prattle Perception Promises Panoptic pandering "Power"

 

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Pondering "the price of doing business"—personal, professional, spiritual—produced this P.

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Today's Tendril...

Don't assume that others will know or understand. Provide the contextual clarity. Of course, lawyers and law makers seem predisposed to ambiguity and interpretation — and obsessed with contextual sensitivity.

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Choices

The ever present now is all about choices.

       The ones you make,
           the ones you fake,
       the ones you regret,
           the ones you forget,
       the ones that fill your waking dreams,
           the ones that fill your inner screams.

The ever present now is about this or that,
       and a set of choices keep them apart.

To make a choice is not so bad.

It's their voices in your head that will drive you mad.

Today's Tendril...

Keeping it simple is easier said than done – especially when the tree of choice has many branches.

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The Golden Ratio (ASCII Face)

 

Tendrils

There are times when the path from idea to artwork takes you down rat holes, tumbling through rabbit holes, and into black holes.

 

The artist and the scientist know too well the meaning of begat.

 

Sure, an umbrella keeps the rain off of you, but what does it matter when you choose to play in the rain?

 

Simplicity is a tadpole that becomes a frog (or a toad).

 

Simplicity is a rat hole, if you let it.

 

For artists, engineers, and scientists alike, keeping it simple is easier said than done.

 

If balance and equilibrium were states of perfection, then we'd never know the wonders of frost or the jewels of dew.

 

Complexity is a Frankenstein stitched from the fabric of simplicity.

 

Chasing the possibilities can be a lot like chasing windmills.

 

At some point you have to accept that you're stuck in the quagmire of choice, especially when you're reaching for the clouds.

 

It's amazing how this, 8^), can cause so much consternation.

 

Soul Star (Surviving the Darkness)

 

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What started out as a simple ASCII image (complete with tagline) turned into a tree with many branches.

The seed that became the tree:



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Today's Tendril...

Advantage: When you get your opponent to worry about the race, while you keep your eye on the prize.

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