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.

December 31, 2015

On Story and Converting Curiosity Into Suspense

Curiosity is when the audience wants to know, “What does this mean?” Suspense is when the audience wants to know, “What is going to happen?” The […]
December 29, 2015

On the Difference Between Finding an Answer and Making a Decision

There is a difference between finding an answer and making a decision. A decision may recognize a probable answer, but do so with full knowledge of […]
December 28, 2015

On Work as More Than a Protest Against Nonexistence

Work needs to be viewed differently. Work can be viewed as a protest against nonexistence but, even more, it can be viewed as an act of […]
December 22, 2015

On Art as the Overlap of Mechanistic and Spiritual Spheres

I wonder if we might think of life systems as existing within three spheres. I imagine these three spheres in the form of a Venn diagram. […]
December 21, 2015

On Wisdom and Weighing a Particular Piece of Advice

Beware of thinking that a wise man (as evidenced by achievement, not attested to by claim) is wrong; he is probably right. If you cannot see how […]
December 18, 2015

On the Clarity that Stems from Knowing What I Do Not Know

I spent years trying to understand why people say yes — why they select one option over another. I have tried to understand why I have […]
December 17, 2015

On the True Danger of Entrepreneurship

America has made celebrities of entrepreneurs, but in doing so it hypes the exception and not the norm. In reality, the road the entrepreneur takes is […]