Strategy: The Systems Thinker's Approach - Part 2

At 11:00 AM on June 14th, while participants rushed to begin the competition, personal chores were still being concluded. This was indeed poor planning and contradicts a systems thinker's approach...
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Strategy: The Systems Thinker's Approach

On June 7, 2025, one week before the DoD Cyber Sentinel Challenge, I opened a PDF that had been sitting in my inbox. As someone who had never participated in...
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Democracy and the Educated

At the end of every election, a winner emerges, followed by debates on how uneducated the other half of the population is.
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The Nature of Courage

There's no such thing as courage; there's just a will and motivation to do or not do something. Courage is not embracing fear, confronting it, or the absence of fear....
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Doing Things Well

Whatsoever that's worth doing, is worth doing well. For this very reason, you can always judge the future actions of a person by their present action.
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On Procrastination

Never postpone for the future what could be done at the very moment. A lazy person will always work twice as hard for this very reason.
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The Imperfection of Art

Although art can be considered perfect, it should never be quantified as perfect because the beauty and perfection of art lie in its unique yet simple imperfection.
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The Everyday Person

The everyday person accepts and goes along with just about anything. Whatever the everyday person accepts, they can also reject depending on the circumstances.
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Public Figures as Actors

Public figures are actors, always in character. The question now is, who amongst the masses do they play for?
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Human Predictability

Outcomes can be predicted until humans are involved. Humans, although predictable, are unpredictable.
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On Expectations

To whom much is given, to whom much is seen in, to whom is perceived to possess much, much is expected.
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Private Thoughts

Let my thoughts be mine alone. While time may reveal my desires, let's leave behind what happens tomorrow for the future.
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On Faith and Logic

There's no logic behind any religion, but then, how can there be a logical explanation to any being that's supreme?
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The Importance of Small Wins

The little wins are very important because they help us believe. We get to believe that there would be light at the end of the tunnel.
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Motivation from Within

Do you need an external motivation like luxury, fame, or riches to be successful? Do life circumstances not give you enough reason to desire success?
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On Belonging

As an Immigrant, I always get asked if I miss my home country or prefer the US. The truth is neither. I have never felt I belonged anywhere.
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Happy Endings

It's only a happy ending depending on where and when the story ends. With happy endings, you get to conclude or continue with whatever imagination you wish to rather than...
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Teaching What Matters

We teach kids how to excel in their academics and improve their problem-solving skills, but forget to enlighten them on the most important things.
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The Devil in the Details

The first requirement in taking and giving good counsel is the devil in the details. This is the exact reason it's a waste of time reading books on how to...
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Does Life Get Better?

Do you think life gets better in the future? If you can't improve your circumstances now and make life better for yourself, chances are that in the future, things will...
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On Intelligence

High intelligence is not merely solving problems you're aware of. It's finding solutions and figuring out the things you're not aware of or knowledgeable about.
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Stages of Life

There are stages in life. Live right, but live life. Don't listen to people telling you they would do/engage in a particular activity if they were 18 again, or things...
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On Consequences

Consequences are not a matter of if; they're of when. It's best to avoid situations that would make the when likely to occur.
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The End of 2024

The year 2024 came to an end. Like every other year that has come and gone, we lived—or so we think—but we lived.
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