At the foundation of all great achievement is great, exact understanding of what needs to be achieved. In marketing, one must have a firm idea of strategy, selling points, and target market. It is only in the greatest definition, the greatest seeing of where one is, what one needs, and where one needs to go that greatest achievement is found. The achiever must first become aware of existing conditions and needs, then get a clear, specific picture of how he / she fits into the overall scheme of things, and finally find definitions and using them work to specific ends. This is how individuals function best. This is how groups function best, small groups, no larger than 150 (Dunbar's number). And from here these groups can reach out to other groups via existing intersections or new connections to betterment, to a foundation that enables optimum results. The concept that I propose can be used in schools (subsets of 150), places of business, clubs, any and all organizations large and small. So infrequently do we even understand what is best for us individually, never mind passing on the need and its comprehension to larger groups. You can teach all the skills, knowledge, and attitudes you like, but unless people at the core, at their very foundation discover what's best for one and one for all, there is little chance of greatest achievement, greatest life-satisfaction for one and for all, individuals to groups large and small. Contact Jeff Brown at http://jeffbrowncareercoaching.com

1. A Unified Call for Respect
and Support
Jeff Brown

2. Treat Others as You Desire to Be Treated
The major world religions, and even many minor
religions, have a similar message, yet it is pride and
separatism that causes a disconnect. In this
lecture, basic logic and critical thinking will help us
to see where we all stand spiritually: on common
ground.

3. World Religions

4. The Here and Now, and the Hereafter

5. Religions Aside, Most People
Desire the Same Thing
The strength of families and friends
To choose freely
To be treated fairly with honor and respect
To be safe and secure
Opportunity to provide for self, not be burden on society
Right to property and the protection thereof
Opportunities to grow and maximize one’s interests
Right to intellectual growth and physical health and
safety
To serve or give of self to family, friends, and the needy

6. From an Ethical Perspective: Basic Principles of
Applied Ethics
Personal benefit: acknowledge the extent to which an action produces beneficial
consequences for the individual in question.
Social benefit: acknowledge the extent to which an action produces beneficial consequences
for society.
Principle of benevolence: help those in need.
Principle of paternalism: assist others in pursuing their best interests when they cannot do so
themselves.
Principle of harm: do not harm others.
Principle of honesty: do not deceive others.
Principle of lawfulness: do not violate the law.
Principle of autonomy: acknowledge a person's freedom over his/her actions or physical
body.
Principle of justice: acknowledge a person's right to due process, fair compensation for harm
done, and fair distribution of benefits.
Rights: acknowledge a person's rights to life, information, privacy, free expression, and safety.
(Source: The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy – Ethics)

7. What You Really Need

8. But Even More Simply, What Do We Need?
To be heard and accepted
To be respected
To be allowed to err without persecution
To be listened to with an open, accepting mind
To speak and hear the truth
To be given basic rights to life, liberty, pursuit of
happiness
To be accountable, honorable, and honest
To have the right to fail but to be given another chance
To be treated fair by laws political and principles social
To be loved and to love

9. Some Say Answers Lie in Science

10. The Rational Mind
In science, Stephen Hawking
states that if a valid solution to
the String Theory is
found, then it will tie together
the Theory of Relativity and
the Theory of Quantum
Physics; thus at this
point, Hawking states, we will
know the mind of God that we
will know where we come
from, why we are here, and
where we are going.
Its Limitations—in the Extreme
Can an ant keep up with a Jaguar?
Knowing the mind of God
Hawking – abstract physics, worm
holes, black holes, space / time is fantasy.
Quantum, Relativity, and String—its seven
dimensions needed to understand our four
dimensional universe?
Hawking – no theory is absolute: need to
know all existing knowledge, knowledge to
the end of time, apply it
objectively, knowing all possible outcomes
to the end of time.

11. Can the Infinite Lie in the Infinitely Finite?
What we don’t know is startling: For example, the maths we
have represent an infinitesimal portion of all possible maths.
But should we rely on exceptional minds, the intelligentsia to
determine meaning for all human kind? Why not a more
democratic method to solution? Should we not all come to
solution for ourselves without
outside, control, manipulation, bias?
Should we use the limited-in-the-extreme rational mind of
man to discover greater meaning? Or should we look
elsewhere to a simpler organ, one which can not only be
used easily by all but one that all can connect with or
understand regardless of one's intelligence or insight?

12. Ya Gotta Have Heart

13. What Are We Really Looking For?
Most desire not to err; difficult if not impossible to do so with the
limited rational mind. However, humans innately admire
achievers, those closest to perfection, yet that which is forever out
of our reach. Or is it?
"And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the
heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the
eye.“ -Antoine de Saint-Exupry
If one reaches out to another, the only desire being to come to the
aid of another, how can one be wrong? Ever? Is this not perfection?
And in using this most perfect of organs, the heart, maybe, just
maybe, as we perfect our love for the other insight and
understanding will be given us by the most powerful and perfect of
minds or knowledge that we may never come to us if we circumvent
the heart too often with that of the imperfect head or rational mind.

14. Moving Closer to Love:
Where to Find the Meaning of Life
"Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by
ourselves alone--we find it with another."-- Thomas Merton
When asked, what is the meaning of life? Mother Teresa said, "To
love and be loved.”
“Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved
person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.” C.S. Lewis
Ye have heard that Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine
enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that
curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which
despitefully use you, and persecute you; For if ye love them which
love you, what reward have ye? And if ye salute your brethren only,
what do ye more than others? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your
Father which is in heaven is perfect. Mathew 5; verses 43-48

15. What’s Love Got to Do With It?