Born Dec 31 1948 Townsend Montana; three children, lotsa grandchildren.
NRA-trained marksman, 1959; Montanta Civil Air Patrol, 1963; Nevada and Arizona militias, 1964-1986; Tai Chi.
Master/Journeyman carpenter; Croupier and Instructor, blackjack, craps and roulette; Casino and Political Mangement.
EDUCATIONAL FOCUS
Applied Linguistics, Philosophy, Political Science, Quantum Mechanics & Chaos Theory.
AUTHOR
Book: Mind Matters
- how thought becomes reality
Book: On the Precipice of Epiphany
- an unexpected insight changes the world
Various business and self-improvement articles
CURRENT POLITICAL ACTIVISM
Libertarian Party: National and State (CA) Judicial Committee(s).
LawfulGov.org: Citizens for Lawful Government; Non-partisan Political-Action coordination; notable success, CA CarTaxRevolt.
CONSULTANCY
Consultant / practitioner since 1976.
ASC/ Articulate Campaigns, ntc.: Founder, June 2005.
Campaign management services to front-runner Libertarian candidates.
The AEscirian Institute for Articulate Management, ntc.: Founder, July 1989 (Originally, Socratic Systems).
Private consultation to senior executives, with supporting management training and workshops; application of manifestational chaos theory to business.
The State of Ęscir: ASC Missions Group, ntc., Sovereign Ecclesiastical Eleemosynary Trust, Created October 1986; functions as Holding Trust for all business and non-secular extablishments.
ADDITIONAL BUSINESS ENDEAVORS
AescirLink Communications, ntc.: ISP (Internet Service Provider).
Tinkers (with brother David): general home and facilities maintenance, repair and remodeling; construction project disaster-recovery specialists; construction-management services. Unique landscape water features.
MANAGEMENT BACKGROUND
Wide-ranging experience and track record of success in custom-home construction, casino management, mining, publishing, business turn-around, and political party/campaign management.
PRIOR POLITICAL BACKGROUND
Vietnam-era Conscientious Objector; activist with "the resistance" and proud member of "Nixon's List"; drafted three times / inducted into US Army Aug 1969, discharged E-1 Hon/Excellent pursuant to Conscientious Objector petition, Nov 1969.
Second-round co-founder of Libertarian Party of Nevada, early 1970s; candidate for US Senate 1980 (first libertarian candidate in state to be acclaimed by the press as "totally credible" and "effectively articulate"); candidate for state senate, 1982; various county- and state-level executive positions.
Worked in Republican party 1983-85; Clark County (NV) Central Committee member, Strategic Planning Committee member, Grass-roots Focus coordinator for 1984 elections (took both state houses and then governor's chair the following election). (Abandoned politics 1985-2001 seeking a better way to impact the mindset of the people through less-corruptible non-secular means.)
INNOVATIONS: PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT
Semantic Adjustment (TM)
Q&A techniques for assisting individuals and groups to adjust their world-views and working understandings.
Effectiveness Profile (TM)
A computerized comparative analysis of twenty effectiveness attributes in six categories; used for professional improvement needs identification ( EffectivenessProfile.com ).
INNOVATIONS: BUSINESS
Articulate Management (TM)
A management philosophy that addresses top-level ideation in business; applies the principles that (1) a business is a reflection of its leaders' thinking, and that (2) changing a business is a matter of clarifying, refining and articulating that thinking into a coherent vision.
Affirmative Direction (TM)
A proactive management method that focuses on principles and alignment, and facilitates the creation and achievement of desired outcomes.
Socratic Inquiry (TM)
An instructional method based on applied linguistics and refinements in the Socratic Method.
Consensus Adjustment (TM)
A management technique, based on Semantic Adjustment, for shifting corporate and group culture.
INNOVATIONS: INTERNET
Neticulum (TM) (Patent Pending)
A method for presenting a coherent dynamic WWWeb presence for multitiered disparately-located organizations.
HOBBIES
Political philosophy, geophysics, koi & tropicals, home fixup, Nature.
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