TheMaverickSergeant

           Image: ScreenGeek For many centuries people have had an appetite for spine-tingling narrative art. Some of which brings about pain and aims to stimulate negatively charged emotions. As such, it becomes perplexing as to why it is acceptable for people to deliberately seek experiences through art which can, among other apparently negative responses, shock, sadden and frighten. Rational thinking dictates that people would steer clear of such experiences in their day to day lives. Yet, they actively seek out said experiences through artworks. Therein holds the paradox of painful art. David Hume’s solution to the paradox of painful art offers that pain is converted into pleasure. This essay disagrees. To defend this, a number of flaws will be exploited and discussed in order to prove that Hume does not resolve the paradox. Ultimately this essay will convey that the problem is multifaceted and complex, and requires far more than his broad explanation to the problem.     In philoso

Leadersights: Creating Great Leaders Who Create Great Workplaces by David Veech      Firstly, I admire the genuine honesty that this book admirably starts with the author’s own rejection of any idea that ‘this book is different’ and then reaffirming in the epilogue that ‘this isn’t earth-shattering’… bold and brilliant. If we’re going to lead well, we need to do so with humility and an unwavering willingness to drop any ego traits that stifle learning. Without David Veech’s own transparency regarding this his key concepts, which act as a golden thread throughout the book, might quickly lose credibility. The book’s three ‘Leadersight’ categories act as a guiding handrail for leaders: Learning, Loving, and Letting go — all of which go hand in hand with leadership ‘greatness’. The author further sets the conditions to have his impact by being bolder still; by telling the reader that everything they’re doing now is ‘wrong’. Awesome. A wake up call so many leaders need; a punchy starting po