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College is a simple idea: you sign up, shell out a ton of money, buy and read the assigned books, and then take tests proving that you understand the assigned books. I dropped out of college third semester in. But I read a lot. The image you see here is just the snapshot of some...
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Back in early 2015, before President Trump got in the presidential primary, Scott Walker was surging in the polls because he fought back against the unions. He gave a speech at CPAC where he touted how he fought back against the unions successfully a few times in Wisconsin and...
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Last night, I went to a campaign's internal meeting to help them get organized for the coming fight to beat a bad incumbent in the Texas Republican primary next March. A dozen people attended - all devoted patriots, all of them ready to do what it takes to help win this battle...
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Many Republican politicians profess to be Christian. And maybe they are - that's for God to determine. But I know that many covet what isn't theirs. They spend your money to enhance their political future. They ignore that it's wrong to take from one person to help another...
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A guy named Hugh showed me a long time ago that it's my responsibility to set the expectations of others in regard to my performance. About a decade later, a guy named Ryan introduced me to the Scotty Principle. It's named after the Star Trek character. The conversation would go...
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I don't believe much in paid advertising. For example, I always know who charges far too much for their product by how many times I see their commercials on TV. Which is insurance and pharmaceuticals. Way overpriced. Sorry Flo. I believe that anyone who develops a product learns...
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I had an epiphany today in regard to persuasion. Persuasion has a bit to do with logic and far more to do with community. That never occurred to me before, but now that I see it this way, it connects quite a few dots. If I have a belief about something, and it means a great deal...
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You have the right to determine how you live within your means and capability, and not have that robbed from you by others. Let's call that "the pursuit of happiness," one of our natural rights as reasoned by Locke. Life, liberty, and... property. We spend a great deal of time...
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In my own personal life, I know that I seldom - if ever - have the right to tell anyone what to do. If I want someone to do something, it's my job to invite and entice them to do the thing I want them to do. Nobody is my employee. The municipal elections just happened in Texas...
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On a micro scale, assimilation is as simple as adopting the culture of a group you're in. School children do this all of the time. A kid moves to a new school, and if a group is into a certain thing, say pickleball, the new kid might learn about it begin doing it to fit in. When...
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I'm in the midst of updating daily what happens in our Texas capitol. I see the thousands of bills that are filed during this session and how our legislators vote on the bills that make it to the floor for a vote. I see the trends. I can, by volume, compare the legislators to...
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Yesterday, I spent some of my time at the summit outlining the next book, Prepare Lead Win. I admit, my brain gets very excited about writing. It's a somewhat effortless activity for me. I don't know what I would do if I couldn't write every day. I love words and the power of...
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It doesn't matter what your political ambition is. It could be winning an election. It could be defeating a bond. It might be TEXIT. It could be vacating the chair. Whatever your ambition in politics might be, you need numbers. I appreciate those who highlight an issue. They...
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We lost Wisconsin, it seems. For all of the effort that went into it, in a state that voted for President Trump 49.60% to 48.74%, Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel appears to have lost by 9 points. How does that happen? It happens because Republicans don't organize, don't get...
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We're in a war. One side wants peace and prosperity. The other favors a stressed-out lawlessness. The Democrat Party is the party of violence. Maxine Waters, Jasmine Crockett, and others urge their people toward violence against those with different political views. You could...
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