Train yourself to be Intelligent

This article is about what constitutes intelligence. I have a very simple and basic answer to this question. Intelligence is being able to understand – at all points in time – the situation that you are facing both internally and externally There is a Tibetan saying: If you are too clever you might miss the […]

The Devil’s advocate or crying wolf? You decide

In response to yesterday’s blog post a reader sent me the link below. It is a thought provoking article on how intelligence agencies need a devil’s advocate to challenge conventional wisdom or the establishment viewpoint. I thought that this is somewhat like employing someone to do the job of crying wolf and having that as […]