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Hello. If you’ve not yet joined “Colleagues Of Douglas E. Castle” on Sgrouples, you’re invited to do so by creating an account (ultra private inmail/email and Discussion Group, being run like a private club or community) at http://bit.ly/CODEC8. If you’ve already established your account, be certain to go to your Dashboard Page, go to “My Privacy Email” and click on (and choose) your “Notification Preferences”. Our group is a combination of the most secure email that you can access (check you inbox daily, or have your notifications forwarded to you) from member to member, combined with a Discussion Group [voluntary] which will have a completely practical focus: Members discussing specific business needs with other members. No theory. No selling or spam. Just requests and responses. It will be a great group -- I promise that much! Discussion posting guidelines will be posted within the next three days, so that we’re all of a similar mind. Thank you. - Douglas E. Castle

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Occupy OptumRx - Patients Strike Back!

Been mistreated by OptumRx? Please help us by filling out a fast survey at the end of the following article: http://douglasecastleblog.com/2014/01/05/optumrx-must-die-mailorder-pharmacy-monstrosity/ We need you! Thnx. #RF Bonus: You can learn more about how OptumRx has been frenetically responding so far at http://douglasecastleblog.com/2014/01/29/optumrx-and-united-health-group-think-were-stupi/ . 

These outlaws have got to be stopped, brought to justice and made to pay.








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A Sudden Disruption In Blog Land

There has been a brief disruption in Blog Land, where I sometimes live...

SELECTED LINKS TO BLOGS BY THIS AUTHOR:
TAKING COMMAND! ACHIEVING YOUR OBJECTIVES. SENDING SIGNALS! - Communicate With Precision And Power. QUORA DISCUSSION FORUM DOUGLAS E. CASTLE: Observations, Thoughts And Commentary. Disruption Theory And Disruptive Innovation InfoSphere™ Business Alerts And Intelligence THE GLOBAL FUTURIST - Douglas E Castle
LINKS 4 LIFE ALERTS! Building And Managing Customer Relationships - CEM Instant Biz 101 Radio DAZZ - Music Breaks To Make Your Day! THE INTERNATIONALIST PAGE - Douglas E Castle GLOBAL EDGE NEWS AND ARTICLE FEED BRAINTENANCE: Train, Strain And Improve Your Brain. Expand Your Mind. Blogging Tips, Tricks And Tools MAD MARKETING TACTICS™ ! Business And Project Planning And Management Douglas E Castle Blog Crowdfunding Informer

 

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Please Follow Me @DECastleAdvisor And Join Me At http://bit.ly/1turnaround

I'm Not Jealous Of Alec Baldwin. I'm Just Jealous Of His HAIR.

Friends, Colleagues, Clients, Readers And The Occasional Paper Clip Thief:

I should be back to my usual pattern of obsessive blogging on too many subjects by August 8th, and I thank you so kindly for your patience while I'm rapidly on the mend.

In the meantime, would you please do me a great kindness and 1) visit my new blog at http://douglasecastleblog.com, and then 2) follow me (please...this only takes a quick moment) on my brand-new Twitter account at http://twitter.com/DECastleAdvisor?

Thank you, and I'm hoping that you've missed me.

Until then, please be healthy, safe, of good spirits and prosperous -- or on your way to prosperity.

Faithfully,

Douglas

LinkedIn: http://www.LinkedIn.com/in/douglascastle

p.s. Kindly look at the image below. When I've looked at it (in a darkened room) for more than a minute or two, I have found that simultaneous with my body relaxing, my mind starts to wander in a fascinating way. I recommend it. It's wonderful, easy meditation, and you don't need any dangerous drugs. Seemingly silly exercises like this one have made my "comeback" much quicker. You can click on the image to see it at its full size, which is considerably larger.

The fascinating shape is actually an impossible recursive pattern wrapped around a doughnut-like shape called a toroid. Really. Look it up if you like.


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Disruption As A Determinant Of Fate

I have often heard people quote (paraphrase) a somewhat famous philosopher in stating that "Whatever doesn't kill me only serves to make me stronger." I myself have used variations of this is conversations about various challenges or fears.

If the "Whatever" in the quote can be taken out and the words "If disruption" could be inserted, you can easily see the defining power of disruption. It is adaptive. It is evolutionary. It is selective in favor of the intellectually and physically swifter.

Disruption is the ultimate test -- we either adapt, migrate, or die. If we are collectively a business or a technology, we become extinct (through displacement) or we become more efficient and more competitive.

While it will frighten some to think of it this way, disruption is a potential extinction event.

This is indeed something to ponder.

An unscathed survivor of multiple disruptive events is probably the best person to follow when climbing a mountain, navigating a maze or exploring a cavern.

In brief, disruption separates the leaders from the losers. And it always has since the beginning of time.

Douglas E Castle for The Disruption Theory And Disruptive innovation Blog.

The belief in the coming of disruptions is a powerful motivator to those with the greatest will to survive, be they turnaround businesses, or frontiersmen. - Douglas E. Castle

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