Culture Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/category/culture/ Vincent Ryan Ruggiero - Author of books and essays Sat, 27 Jul 2024 13:59:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 https://mind-at-work.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-open-book-32x32.png Culture Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/category/culture/ 32 32 Harmony Is Wonderful, But How Is It Achieved? https://mind-at-work.com/harmony-is-wonderful-but-how-is-it-achieved/ Sat, 27 Jul 2024 13:30:36 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=5943 Now that the election is growing very close, the messaging from both parties is increasingly focused on some version of, "We've got stop questioning one another's integrity, calling names and casting blame, and refusing to work together for the common good. Our common goal must be to put country above self and achieve harmony." It's [...]

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]]> Understanding Attitudes, Part 2 https://mind-at-work.com/understanding-attitudes-part-2/ Sun, 07 Jul 2024 18:06:10 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=5923 Part 1 of this essay explained how identifying and evaluating other people’s attitudes can increase our appreciation of people with good attitudes and deal more effectively with those with bad attitudes. It also, more importantly, explained how identifying and evaluating our own attitudes can improve our relationships with others and make us better human beings. Part 1 then examined [...]

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]]> Understanding Attitudes https://mind-at-work.com/understanding-attitudes/ Sun, 07 Jul 2024 17:47:08 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=5921 An attitude is a way of feeling or thinking that has become habitual. People show their attitudes but seldom express them in words. In some cases, they are not even aware they have them. Lack of awareness occurs with bad habits more than with good habits, no doubt because the latter take effort to develop. [...]

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]]> Nonsense Is STILL Destroying America https://mind-at-work.com/nonsense-is-still-destroying-america/ Sat, 04 May 2024 13:46:55 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=5887 Warning: Nonsense is Destroying America was published thirty years ago, in 1994. I introduced it with these words: "Books warn of the destruction of the ozone layer, the befouling of the earth's lakes, rivers, and seas, the devastation of the rain forests, the eradication of animal species. Warning labels are emblazoned on cigarette boxes, beer [...]

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]]> Revisiting the Idea of Truth https://mind-at-work.com/revisiting-the-idea-of-truth/ Sat, 09 Mar 2024 15:21:31 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=5768 "Truth" has always been one of the most important words in the dictionary. Unfortunately, it is greatly misunderstood today, and the world has been harmed as a result. The best way to begin a discussion of it is to clarify its meaning. Cambridge dictionary defines truth as "the real facts about a situation, event, or [...]

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