Philosophical musings on a Saturday afternoon – wisdoms from Aristotle

It is 2.37pm Saturday. It is especially important that you know that; because all good songs start with time.

• It’s 9 o’clock on a Saturday, and the regular crowd shuffles in
• 6 o’clock already I was in the middle of a dream, I was kissing Valentino by a crystal blue Italian stream
• Love me two times baby
• Time after time
• 9 to 5
• Morning has broken
• If I could turn back time
• And my favourite – Lets do the time warp again

And now that I have put an ear worm in your head, we can get to the theme of today’s blog.

It has been 10 days since I last blogged.

• If I could turn back time

It was a busy 2 weeks. First of all, Critical to take care of some financial year end procedures in the middle of nowhere.

You understand what I mean when I say, the middle of nowhere?

Nothing, …….is awesome.

Nothing, …. are the essential (elements).

Then there were a couple of board meetings where we had to get serious.

• Sign of the times

You are the expert. How are you going to widen your impact?

The specific logic I am trying to elicit by getting those electric pulses connecting your synapsis, is that you have specific technical knowledge to apply to a transaction/decision and so forth. But also, how do you apply your brand of ethos, to widen the impact of your area?

For example, I am the designated chairman for a specific board committee, and I could have opened the meeting with a welcome, apologies and quorum. But I used the opportunity to share some words of wisdom I recently learned at a seminar presented by Philip van Schalkwyk. While these principles were touted as the three principles of public speaking (or rather, in a more philosophical sense “persuasion”)  as defined by Aristotle, I found the principles really mind altering, still today, in a modern context.

Ethos: Credibility. If you want anyone to believe you, you must show them.

Pathos: The emotional connection to others. Let us be kind to each other and work together.

Logos: Logic. For obvious reasons.

We have a job to do, but there is more than one way to do it, each with varying degrees of success. How do we ensure we get the best way, with the best outcome?

Ethos, Pathos, and, Logos

Aristotle

What I loved, is that those words, that I received from someone, went on to meld with others, and will continue to pass ripples of change from their origin in 300 BC, through today, and into tomorrow.

PS – If you need to prepare a great speech, read the following article – It is brilliantly written.

https://fs.blog/2016/11/ethos-logos-pathos

Ending on a lighter note, see of you can match the artist, to the ear worm in your head right now.

In no particular order
RiffRaff/Magenta/Criminologist/Columbia	If I could turn back time
Cher	Morning has broken
Cat Stevens	Time after time
Dolly Parton	Love me two times baby
Billy Joel	If I could turn back time
The Doors	Let’s do the time warp again
Bangles	9 to 5
Cindy Lauper	It’s 9 o’clock on a Saturday, and the regular crowd shuffles in
Prince (or Harry Stiles I believe)	6 o’clock already I was in the middle of a dream, I was kissing Valentino by a crystal blue Italian stream