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 17, 2015

On Seeming and the Motive of My Writing

What is the motive of my writing? I fear that the wrong motive will distort the outcomes. What, then, should be the motive of my writing? […]
December 15, 2015

On Truth Actualized

I think the value of the future tense (i.e., thinking about the future) is derived only from its impact on my present tense activity. I think […]
December 14, 2015

On the Efficient Dispersion of Energy

Dispersion of energy is the enemy of excellence. This is particularly true when you are looking at the products offered in a given commercial opportunity. We multiply […]
December 11, 2015

On Leadership and Creating an Organization Brick by Brick

Leadership, in many ways, can be better grasped if we understand it in the form of building, not achieving. The leader who is creating an organization is […]
December 10, 2015

On Making Decisions Before Discoveries

We often try to discover a truth when, in actuality, all that we can do is try to make a decision. Decisions do not always wait on […]
December 9, 2015

On Story as the Contextual Framework for Offer Response Optimization

For some time now, I have been considering how the worldview/paradigm/story model within theology and hermeneutics could provide the contextual framework for the new offer response […]
December 9, 2015

On the Predication of My Existence as Value Proposition

Existence is subject-predicate. When Descartes said, “I think, therefore I am (Je pensé, donc je suis),” “think” was predicate. Predicate is evidence of existence. Predicate is […]