Beyond the Rhetoric

“Opportunities multiply as they are seized.” Considering that we are still in the middle of celebrations for Lunar New Year, I thought it might be appropriate to choose one of the most prominent Chinese philosophers and strategists for this week’s Sunday Snippet. Sun Tzu is probably best known as a military general, having authored an [...]

Let’s say that you have a potential Olympic athlete and she is training for the 100-meter hurdles. She trains for years and manages to make it onto the team. She trains more and makes it to the Olympic Games where she stuns the world and wins the gold medal. By all accounts, we’d all agree [...]

When I started the What’s Up Wednesdays series here on Beyond the Rhetoric, the concept of a “speedlink” on a blog was slowly increasing in popularity. That popularity has since waned, but I still feel there is value in linking out to other blogs around the web. It’s my small way of giving back to [...]

This comes from the context of watching sports, but you also have to realize that the analogy also applies to so many other areas of our lives. You need to keep playing until you hear the whistle, because nothing is absolutely certain until the play is blown dead. Let me explain. I was watching (American) [...]

The grass always looks greener on the other side. It’s a saying that you hear all the time and the lesson that we’re supposed to learn is that it could all be an illusion. We’re led to believe that the greener pastures over yonder may not be all that green when you get up close. [...]