Post by Admin on Jul 19, 2014 16:16:08 GMT
My name is Justin, and I practice many arts geared in enabling a smooth transition into enlightenment. It seems I've reached the point where I have the answers, but having yet to organize them or apply them to many specific areas of the common person's interests, I find a need to induce some sort of nest where I can gather, organize, and grow my knowledge. Subsequently, this nest being an online forum implies a sharing of knowledge. Although it is unlikely that this available knowledge will a big change incur, yet just that is my hope.
I will start with a simple problem that was brought to me by my neighbor, in a joking good-natured fashion in a supportive gesture concerning the creation of this posting-board. He asked 'If I have a screwgun in one hand and a piece of drywall in the other, and my nuts start to itch while I'm hanging the drywall... What do I do?'
There are, at first appearance, two main paths to take. 1. Set down the drywall and scratch your nuts (if unbearable and worried that you might drop and break the drywall). 2. Quickly set the screws, then scratch your nuts (if you can safely grin and bear it). ~ There is also a third condition, in which choice doesn't really apply... That is if already having set a screw or two, and not being able to set down the drywall - the itching becomes unbearable and you fumble the hold: the drywall perhaps twists and snaps, and the cost of loss is unavoidable.
Regardless of the outcome, the idea behind coming to an answer is simple: calculate. There is some writing done about how most problems arise from misunderstanding... This is very true, because if knowledge is available beforehand: the issues shouldn't reach a problematic state. If you knew your nuts would itch from sweating and working, you would have better prepared, perhaps with anti-perspiration methods such as deodorant or baby-powder.
The saying most fitting then, would be 'Preparation is 9/10ths of perspiration.'.
'The Art of War' describes how the side that plans is the side that wins. Of course, there is much about tactics and strategy that applies. This perspective of life being like a game of chess, and thinking the most moves ahead wins... It works, but having a broader sense of the underlying principles strategic is what saves you much calculative effort.
To me, the saving of tactical calculative effort via strategic principles most aptly voices the essence of philosophy.
Someone well versed in strategic concepts is called a positional player. Someone well versed in philosophical concepts is a positional player of life, and ensuring a strong position can allow the avoidance of many of life's pitfalls.
I will start with a simple problem that was brought to me by my neighbor, in a joking good-natured fashion in a supportive gesture concerning the creation of this posting-board. He asked 'If I have a screwgun in one hand and a piece of drywall in the other, and my nuts start to itch while I'm hanging the drywall... What do I do?'
There are, at first appearance, two main paths to take. 1. Set down the drywall and scratch your nuts (if unbearable and worried that you might drop and break the drywall). 2. Quickly set the screws, then scratch your nuts (if you can safely grin and bear it). ~ There is also a third condition, in which choice doesn't really apply... That is if already having set a screw or two, and not being able to set down the drywall - the itching becomes unbearable and you fumble the hold: the drywall perhaps twists and snaps, and the cost of loss is unavoidable.
Regardless of the outcome, the idea behind coming to an answer is simple: calculate. There is some writing done about how most problems arise from misunderstanding... This is very true, because if knowledge is available beforehand: the issues shouldn't reach a problematic state. If you knew your nuts would itch from sweating and working, you would have better prepared, perhaps with anti-perspiration methods such as deodorant or baby-powder.
The saying most fitting then, would be 'Preparation is 9/10ths of perspiration.'.
'The Art of War' describes how the side that plans is the side that wins. Of course, there is much about tactics and strategy that applies. This perspective of life being like a game of chess, and thinking the most moves ahead wins... It works, but having a broader sense of the underlying principles strategic is what saves you much calculative effort.
To me, the saving of tactical calculative effort via strategic principles most aptly voices the essence of philosophy.
Someone well versed in strategic concepts is called a positional player. Someone well versed in philosophical concepts is a positional player of life, and ensuring a strong position can allow the avoidance of many of life's pitfalls.