More Prudence, Less &#39;Projection&#39;
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In the faraway past, I was a psych major in college, and it was then that I discovered the useful word &quot;projection.&quot; It was, as I recall, the tendency to assign to others the attributes or faults you had within yourself.
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Some mistakes are not always mistakes.
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At Monday&#39;s press conference, the president acknowledged snags, such as in Iraq, but affirmed an agenda of a few big ideas. By Peter Grier | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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You don't have to give blindly, hoping for the best.
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The distinction between what politicians say on the campaign trail and what they really believe is well illustrated by the current Kerry-Bush skirmishing on Iraq: If either man really believes some of the things he&#39;s saying, we&#39;re in worse shape than we
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Views you can use to get clues on tomorrow's news.
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The party is cautious and uninspiring. It needs to be hot, conscious that the destiny of our country is at stake. By Yasmin Alibhai-Brown.
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The American public has a pretty cloudy crystal ball. Polls were never intended to predict the future &#151; and that's probably a good thing, given their limited success at forecasting. While the American public's reading of the economy is usually quite accurate and can hint at future spending trends, the public struggles when trying to predict the future.
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Usually at this time people try to look ahead with optimism to the year ahead whilst analysing the one that's just gone as positively as possible.
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There aren&#39;t many walks of life in which a 379 per cent forecasting error is considered acceptable. There are virtually none in which it is treated as a mark of prudent management.
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You may be doing relatively well. But you can do better.
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Mark Hall gets the paradoxical message that you can get more planning certainty if you incorporate uncertainty into your planning.
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When things are bad, itâs natural to look ahead. Perhaps thatâs why we hear those phrases so often from politicians, sports figures and others in times of trouble.
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Budget cuts and old habits may interfere with good intentions.
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In a much-noted speech last week, Israelâs Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ostensibly made a dramatic reversal in course. But I am wondering whether to take his shift at face value.
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More cautious market watchers may not expect an imminent decline, but they express doubts about what lies beyond the next several months.
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Sometimes Washington is more important than the laboratory.