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.

June 15, 2015

On Poetry as a Polaroid of the Heart

Poetry is a means of expressing the inexpressible. But I have found another use — sometimes I author poetry to capture the emotive state of a […]
June 12, 2015

Leadership and the Danger of the Social Wall

The leader needs to beware of the “us and them” mentality of teams. A team forms an ethnos — a people group. It necessarily runs on […]
June 12, 2015

On Philosophy and the Importance of Hatred

Beware of becoming too “good” in the moral sense. To be a great lover, one must become a great hater. The absence of either makes you […]
June 10, 2015

On Living within the Terror and Beauty of the Unfinished Sentence

All of life is subject to predicate. My essence is “among.” My life is a sentence. When I die, someone finishes it with a period. I live […]
June 5, 2015

On Philosophy and Influence as Force

Everything awesome or awful in the universe derives its “awe factor” by virtue of its capacity to influence. Influence is a function of force meets object. […]
June 4, 2015

On Philosophy and Knowing Enough to Hope

Uncertainty is the definitive characteristic of the incipient. However, not to know for certain does not mean not to know (en totum) at all. I survive […]
June 3, 2015

On Leadership and Having a Balanced Perspective on Process

The leader needs to have a balanced perspective on process. Entrepreneurial leaders tend to undervalue process, but process allows you to institutionalize quality. For this reason […]