Hamid Azizi

Part of the mantra of a secular and democratic society is to live in harmony with other community members, be it minorities or majorities.  Another tenet of a free democratic society is to allow for the co-existence of opposing ideas within the context of a legal framework of a fair law, with justice for all.  Many great qualities and amazing achievements are attributable to this forum and platform of state-building and governance. Religious conservatism also prides itself on the structural-functionalism that it has brought to the world and has shaped the value system of billions of people throughout human history for "good or for bad."  Whether we are religious or secular is not the point of discussion here. The point of discussion is the idealism of the co-existence of opposing views of the world under one secular system. Does such a system have the moral and ethical authenticity to be trusted for fair treatment of all?  It is a bit ironic to ask the relig...

In a traditional sense, a free market is one where a capable willing and well-informed buyer will pay a reasonable comparable price for a product and or services under normal conditions without pressure or duress. The only force that determines the price is supply and demand. What impacts the amount and requirements are the external factors.  What others forces impact the housing market and how mixed is the whole economy and what economic indicators are to watch for when looking at the housing market?  For long it was considered that the real estate market was local, is it still true? In this blog we will test some of the narrative and the dynamic interplay of these forces and if the traditional definition of the market still fits the bill in the era of globalization?  Further, does a free market really exists? We start off by the market indicators that shape both sides of the supply and demand equation. Real Unemployment Rate  vs. Reported Unemployment Rate: ...

Attention, concentration, focus, flow… These are words associated with mental states that assist in doing work. If we can focus our attention, we might be able to concentrate long enough to reach flow state, and actually get some work done. In this stimulation-rich world, focusing attention and finding flow is more easily discussed than done, but the scientific understanding of attentional processes can simplify the challenge. Our senses are constantly inundated with information: the light streaming in the windows, the sight of people passing by on the street, the smells of a cafe, the sounds of conversations and dogs barking over the din of city traffic, the light scrape of oxford cloth around your neck, the pressure of the hardwood table on your elbows. Each time you notice something in your environment, you are paying attention to it. The ability to focus your attention on something while ignoring competing stimuli is called selective attention by psychologists, and we would neve...

What do Life and Movies Have in common? They both have characters, stories, conflicts, resolutions, climaxes, scripts, lines, genre, theme, settings, cameras, actions, light sound and many many hours of input and dedication of professionals who care and make, maintain and project the movie on the big screen and we all get a feeling of wow that was a fantastic movie. After everything is said and done what makes a movie of  150 or so minutes memorable apart from the work of the editor and mixers the graphic designers and many other professionals is a magnificent story. The challenge in life is that we are the director, the writer, the narrator, the trendsetter, the organizer, the camera and sound personal, the light holder, the graphic designer and recorder the digital mixer and the editor, etc. etc....all in one. While we give a lot of credit and awards to the characters in a movie and shower them with praise recognition, rewards, esteem, and status, we rarely get to cele...

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Why Goal Setting is Important for Success? Does your life have a purpose? Are you living a life by design? We can live our life either by design or by chance. Jim Rohn, success and business philosopher, famously said, Earl Nightingale put it this way,  "People with goals succeed because they know where they are going. It's as simple as that." "If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much." By not setting goals, your goal is merely to give up your life to chances and take whatever life happens to you. The Key Differentiating factor between Success and Failure Why are some people more successful than others? Why do some people achieve so much in life while others achieve so little? When you look closely at successful people in business, sports, art, science, politics, etc., one consistent factor which stands out is that successful people  ...

The truth of the matter and fact is that change is automatic part of life whether we like it or not.  Imagine if there was no changes in Life? Change however is not always what we  welcome, the only changes we welcome are those that satisfy our needs. However  change is an inevitable part of life and nothing is forever.  The greatest precursor or precondition for having a relatively fulfilled and happy life in all major realms ie. Relationships, Health,  Career and Finance is to realize that  (Relativism is the Ultimate Realism). Meaning our success is in realizing  what stage of life we are at and that which changes are bound to occur, because  the only constant in life is change. As long as we don't resist it and accept  it and as long as we do not get attached too much to one set of conditions and accept to flow naturally between life stages we will have a relatively  fulfilled journey. We are most susceptible at the intersection of...