The Human Development Center

10/10/2024

Live well and be happier.

10/07/2024

One of my favorites. It never gets old, just me. ~pHil

09/24/2024

Today Counts

It isn't pessimism to remember our time here is limited. We are not guaranteed any tomorrows. Living your life on hold waiting for some someday is a choice. But, we are all too often reminded that someday will someday never be. Today is our time, our currency in living. Save some for someday, sure. But don't forget that today is the someday of a distant yesterday. ~pHil

08/28/2024

Naked Thinking

All too often we hear great ideas from someone and find a way to discount them or find fault with them, only to praise someone else for their brilliance for saying the same thing! A kid comes home and raves over something someone on Tik Tok said and you stare in disbelief because only two days ago, you said the same thing with utter rejection. It's silly how that works.

Einstein is quoted for his definition of crazy. My definition of dumb is:
"Rejecting a great idea because of who gave it to you is the very definition of a dumb thing to do!" ~Phil D'Agostino, Naked Thinking

08/10/2024

Life isn’t a waiting room for dreamers. Life is a “do” thing. ~Naked Thinking--Life Is A Do Thing, Phil D'Agostino, Naked Thinking: a book, a way of life.

06/22/2024

Bullsh*t!!!!

We are being manipulated by the "Green" side of the Communists Left, AKA: Democrats. NOAA is run by Biden and the Democrats. Look here. It says we are at 97 degrees!!!! BUT, my own thermometer (tested four different ways to be accurate and in the shade near my brick front in the shade) says 88!!!! And it's these readings that they use to tell us that we're warming. B.S.!!!! (See? I tried to keep it clean.) Where are the other gagillion thermometers taking measurements? Min is in the shade which means that the housing and airspace in the device are truly what the ambient temperature is. In other words, don't believe anything our government tells us. All of it has a smack of their "agenda." They are not what we think of as Democrats. They are "the Left" now. Call them Marxists, Fascists, or Socialists. It doesn't matter. They are all the same in that the individual is nothing and the "State" is everything. We are nothing more than one more drop of gasoline in their Communist engine. Eff'em!!!! Puff puff puff....I'll stop, but this is sooooo F****** (freaking) true!!!

(P.s. when you look at our averages, record heat numbers were decades ago. We are well within the normal for time of year over the last hundred years. Guess what! It gets freaking hot in the Summer here sometimes. My grass is gasping!!! No rain and high heat. Sooooo North Carolina...Texas, Georgia, Louisiana......)

06/21/2024

From the Wall Street Journal

"If AI Is More Often Right Than Humans, Which Should We Trust? The Readers Weigh In"

My thoughts?

Everyone lies and so does AI. AI is dependent on the protocols of its authors...who are people and everyone lies. So, don't "trust" either. Or, as Ronald Reagan put it, trust but verify. If it's really important, use several independent sources, keeping in mind that on the internet many sources seem independent but are simply cut-and-pasting the same single source.

So, which should you trust? Neither. ~pHil, The Naked Thinker

06/15/2024

Just a Reminder

You're a grand old flag
You're a high-flying flag
And forever in peace may you wave
You're the emblem of
The land I love
The home of the free and the brave
Ev'ry heart beats true
Under red, white and blue
Where there's never a boast or brag
But should old acquaintance be forgot
Keep your eye on the grand old flag.

You're A Grand Old Flag ~George M. Cohan, 1906

06/13/2024

Naked Thinking, what is it?

I am getting closer. This is a rendering of a blurb for my book, but I thought I would use it for learning and feedback. I still have a way to go for the finished set etc., but for not, here it is: What Is Naked Thinking

By Phil D'Agostino, June 13, 2024

06/10/2024

A World of Dreams
Perfectionism is a worthy pursuit if the stakes are high like doing neurosurgery or flying a jet. But, continually trying to be perfect, or worse, apologizing for not being perfect will drive you bonkers and make you miserable. Sometimes, being "good enough" is just plain good enough.
"I don't have to be perfect just as long as I'm better tomorrow than I was yesterday." This old saw is just plain crazy-talk. First, you'll never know what a perfect you is. Then there is that pesky little definitional thing about "being better." What is that? And who, exactly, said you have some obligation to always be improving on your being you?
If you want to change things about yourself in your life, go for it. If you don't like the way you talk or how you feel and want something different. Take it on. But, along the way, remember that NOW COUNTS, too! Be you. Enjoy your being you. Some will love you for it, and others maybe not so much. C'est la vie! And it always will be.
Think in terms of characteristics as in: I want to be a nice person, an honest man, an assertive woman. Think of what those people look like and what they do, then do them.
One last potato for the stew; how do you know that you are not now your perfect you? Your best self? Improvement is fine...sometimes even great. But, life is far shorter than it seems at times and today is the day you are you today. And sometimes, that's just good enough, and that's just good enough, too. ~Phil D'Agostino, your guide to Naked Thinking.

05/13/2024

What Naked Thinking Looks Like In Practice

Notice how the comments of the "townspeople" affect them. Did they hear them? Yes. Did they understand their disdain for them? Yes. Did they care? Who knows. But!, they kept their focus on enjoying their walk, and let all that BS just waft past them. How do you do that? Subscribe and listen to the Naked Thinking Podcast and you learn how to be more like them than you ever thought you could. When you become a Naked Thinker, life is simpler and soooo very much enjoyable. ~pHil (Your guide to Naked Thinking)