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.

August 12, 2016

On How a Leader Galvanizes Action

A leader galvanizes action. He spends his solitude in determining and discerning his way through decision processes. It does not mean he makes those decisions on […]
August 12, 2016

On the Marketer as Both Scientist and Mystic

The marketer must be part scientist and part mystic. While many would agree with the science aspect, others would challenge the mysticism. But the marketer is […]
August 10, 2016

On Negation as the Determination of Possibilities

A movement in the space-time continuum represents (ultimately) a negation. The positive cancels other possibilities. The positive is the concrete that fills the void of the […]
August 9, 2016

On Age as an Increasing Acuteness of Angle

[Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from one of Dr. McGlaughlin’s short stories. Read the full story here.] It took Kierkegaard nine pseudonyms and a lifetime […]
August 8, 2016

On Leadership and the Question Beneath the Questions

When making a decision of significant consequence, the first question that a leader should ask is this: Have I asked the right questions? In particular, the […]
August 5, 2016

On Communication as a Means of Actualizing Perception

It would seem to me that there is more to communication than imparting information. The best communicator articulates what his audience has already intuitively perceived. Often […]
August 5, 2016

On Shifts in our Paradigm and Future Action Sets

At the foundation of our thinking is an essential philosophy, a self-paradigm (a view of ourselves as we relate to the world). When we process from […]