Despite the many good things about a note card-based system of taking and organizing notes, there are occasional downsides. In this case, in going through my outline for this introductory series of posts, I skipped over the bridge between strategy and the more tactical issues we’ve begun discussing in Persuasion and will keep on with in Speaking Well and Writing Well. Specifically, in a busy life with many demands, how do you get the things done that actually matter? How do you take day to day steps to reach the strategic goals you’ve defined in accordance with your values? I don’t propose to give a comprehensive answer here, as I…
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This site is called Rhetoric for the Renaissance Man, so in letting you know what we’ll be doing here, I thought it might help to start with what I mean by that title, then explain a bit about who this site might appeal to (and might not), who I am and what has driven me to put this together, and lastly, a brief overview of the kinds of things we’ll dive into as we go. Who Is the Renaissance Man? The Renaissance Man is both a figure of history, describing multi-talented figures like Leonardo Da Vinci, Giordano Bruno, John Dee, and others, but also an aspirational, iconic figure of today.…