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 27, 2013

On the Painful Kind of Help

The greatest pain in a relationship is not caused by a “bad person” who means us harm, but rather from a “good person” who means us […]
December 23, 2013

On the Danger of Imitating Great Men

The history of the church is littered with copycats. We rightfully raise up examples, they inspire us, and then we duplicate their externals. This duplication, this […]
December 18, 2013

On Leadership and the CEO as Collective

MECLABS is run by a CEO, but I envision the CEO as a collective. The CEO is myself and my team, my personal team, combined. As […]
December 13, 2013

On Convergence and Spiritual Health

Elsewhere I have written about the principle of unity. I have also written about convergence. I want to suggest that health in the fullest sense is […]
December 12, 2013

On Gerard Manley Hopkins and His Narrative Prose

I have been studying Hopkins in depth. As I reflect on the way he uses meter and sound, it occurs to me, yet again, that my […]
December 2, 2013

On the B2B Relational Continuum

B2B marketing involves a relationship continuum. In this continuum, we move from the (1) relational, to the (2) transactional, to the (3) contractual. Each of these points represents increasing […]
November 28, 2013

On Striving for Honesty of Humility

Honesty precedes humility. Striving for humility focuses your attention on yourself – the entire process becomes a self-defeating contradiction. However, the one who strives for honesty […]