It’s like the age-old question: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? But when it comes to character or critical thinking, I believe that it is a matter of which will benefit you more in the long run.

Here’s a case in point. I was watching a true crime program the other day about a man who was a decorated colonel in the Canadian Forces. He was intelligent, skillful, experienced, knowledgeable, and by all accounts, respectable. On paper he was impressive. In appearance,...
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Welcome to the first of many installments of something I like to call Mother Wit Monday.

Mother wit, simply defined, is good old practical wisdom and common sense. The kind we used to get from our mothers, aunts, grandmothers and the little old neighbor lady who used to let us rake the leaves up in her yard for a quarter. Remember?

Today's generation doesn't have as much exposure to these pearls of wisdom as we did, and I think it's time we do something about that. So, each Monday, a selected ...
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