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Over Intellectualization

October 10, 2013 By Jeff Turner 6 Comments

To treat something in an excessively intellectual manner. Yesterday I was told that I was “over intellectualizing” the issue of confirmation bias in my post, In Search Of The Infinite State. “All you’re really doing is tagging terms to the age old saying ‘stuck in their ways,'” one of the commenters on Facebook said. “Nothing new here. Or exciting really.”

Filed Under: Commentary Tagged With: communication, conversation, entertainment

In Search Of The Infinite State

October 9, 2013 By Jeff Turner 7 Comments

A friend of mine made a horrible mistake this morning. He did something he rarely does. He made a political statement on Facebook. It was a fairly benign comment about the unpopularity of congress in general, not about one party or another. Of course, you couldn’t tell that from the comment stream that followed.

Filed Under: Commentary Tagged With: conversation, creativity, infinite state, thinking

Community Is Not The Goal – The Presentation

October 4, 2013 By Jeff Turner 3 Comments

I am not sure what it is about the timing of CRS. My three CRS events have come at two different times of the year. The first CRS I went to was in, I think it was in Vegas, and it was in the Summer. Is that correct? How many of you were at that […]

Filed Under: Social Networking Tagged With: community, conversation, CRS, listening, Real estate, values

Energy Creates Energy

October 2, 2013 By Jeff Turner Leave a Comment

Sarah Bernhardt once said, “Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.” And creativity spawns creativity. We are in what some are calling a “creativity crisis.” One of the best talks I’ve heard around this topic was a TED talk by Sir Ken Robinson, “How Schools Kill Creativity.” […]

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: creativity, energy, life, values

Listening As Strategy – The Speech

September 27, 2013 By Jeff Turner 2 Comments

Brian Copeland: So this guy plays in real estate because he loves us, and he’s going to show you his heart today in his session, and I want you to give a very warm welcome to one of my favorite speakers in America, Mr. Jeff Turner. Jeff Turner: So what do you do after that? […]

Filed Under: Listening Tagged With: listening, social media, strategy, values

Values Are Illuminated By Crisis: Remembering A 9/11 Hero

September 11, 2013 By Jeff Turner 4 Comments

I don’t often cry openly on an airplane in front of strangers. On a December 12, 2006 JetBlue flight to New York, I did.  That day, on the History Channel, I came face to face with a man who walked the talk of his stated values and lived them so clearly that it brought me to […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Values Tagged With: 911, life, values

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