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 7, 2015

On Balancing Focus With Balance

I have observed that men who do exploits are sometimes unreasonably focused. They are so focused that they often neglect many other vital areas in their […]
December 4, 2015

On the Role of Empathy in Any Kind of Relationship

Empathy is the essential element of any relationship, be it with a friend or a foe. With a friend, it is the key to communicating your […]
December 3, 2015

On Presentations and Allowing the Audience To Optimize You

Presentations often begin by puzzling through a riddle. The speaker can often feel the presence of the riddle before she/he can articulate it. Sometimes it is […]
December 2, 2015

On Our Inability to Help Truth

The truth is where you find it. We should invest more in discovering rather than defending. We work too hard trying to prove our truth. What we […]
November 30, 2015

On Leadership, Decisions and the Emotional Audit

Every time a leader makes a decision, he needs to do an audit of its impact on the hearts of his team. Simple, quick decisions are often […]
November 24, 2015

On the Danger of Lying to Yourself

When you get good at lying to others, you get especially good at lying to yourself. The former will hurt you; the latter will kill you. We […]
November 20, 2015

On the Impact of Climax on Perspective

A story is, essentially, character plus action. Its atomic unit is the sentence — subject plus predicate. Predication brings the story into time. It powers the […]