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When I Studied How To Think In School, I Was Taught That The First Rule Of Logic Was That A Thing Cannot Both Be And Not Be At The Same Time And In The Same Respect. That Last Note, “in The Same Respect,” Says A Lot. As Soon As You Change The Frame Of Reference, You’ve Changed The Truthiness Of A Once Immutable Fact.

I Still Don't Like The Word Agnostic. It's Too Fancy. I'm Simply Not A Believer. But, As Simple As This Notion Is, It Confuses Some People. Someone Wrote A Wikipedia Entry About Me, Identifying Me As An Atheist Because I'd Said In A Book I Wrote That I Wasn't A Believer. I Guess In A World Uncomfortable With Uncertainty, An Unbeliever Must Be An Atheist, And Possibly An Infidel. This Gets Us Back To That Most Pressing Of Human Questions: Why Do People Worry So Much About Other People's Holding Beliefs Other Than Their Own?

If You Don't Listen Deeply, The Connection Won't Take Place.... [you Have To Be] Willing To Be Changed By The Person You're Listening To, Where You're Not Just Waiting For A Pause So You Can Say Your Thing, But You're Actually Letting Them Have An Effect On You If They Can.

Our Lives Depend On Good Communication. Good Communication Helps Personal Relationships, It Helps Bosses And Employees Get Along Better. We Rely On It.

I Found I Wasn't Asking Good Enough Questions Because I Assumed I Knew Something. I Would Box Them Into A Corner With A Badly Formed Question, And They Didn't Know How To Get Out Of It. Now, I Let Them Take Me Through It Step By Step, And I Listen.