Below is a collection of Dr. McGlaughlin’s most recent observations (500+). Most of these observations are made throughout the course of everyday life, captured by dictation, and added to FlintsNotes.com. You can read more about the observation capture process here. The content here changes 5 days a week, so be sure to check back often. Also, feel free to leave a comment in the comments section of each observation.

May 13, 2008

On Watchfulness

Philokalia, Hesychios Hesychios, the priest in the Philokalia, writes extensively on watchfulness and holiness. Like the other Fathers, he places great emphasis on nepsis. Some years […]
May 7, 2008

On the Call of God and the Condition of the Heart

Oswald Chambers said, “If a man or woman is called to God, it does not matter how untoward circumstances are, every force that has been at […]
May 4, 2008

On George Washington and Teddy Roosevelt

I have just completed a study of George Washington’s life and I am now in the midst of a study of Theodore Roosevelt. I find Roosevelt’s […]
May 3, 2008

On Using Personal Recreation to Accomplish Multiple Objectives

Recreation is valuable in its own right. If it is used properly, it often provides a kind of sourcing – a refreshing. Is it possible to […]
April 30, 2008

On an Act of Will as Foreclosure against Negative Opportunity

I have noticed when making a decision about how long to fast or when to fast that there are two factors of influence. The first is […]
April 16, 2008

On the Mixed Scanning Model for Strategic Thinking

Adopted by Physicians They know what they want to achieve and which parts of the organism to focus on…unlike rationalists they do not commit all their […]
April 11, 2008

On Content, Distribution and Energy

I want to contemplate the further implications of my work on content, distribution, and energy. I have suggested that Pst is the result of the convergence […]