Tuesday, July 27  Interpreting Influence: Intuition Over
Infatuation, Part 2  The reason I initially chose the title of
this two-part post was to illustrate that we can be infatuated
with someone, but that doesn't mean they necessarily have
influence over us. I like many people online, but I don't always
agree with them. And generally, the people I like, don't always
agree with me either.  Our influence over each other is confined
to the validity of our ideas at any given moment. And what makes
that a stronger relationship, in my opinion, is mutual respect
because neither of us is so enamored with each other that we
fawn over every word. It's an unspoken, sometimes subconscious,
connection. The ties that bind are ideas, not personality,
popularity, or any other measure.  This post is part two of a
two-part post. If you missed the first one, it's called
Interpreting Influence: Intuition Over Infatuation, Part 1. It
includes a link to an extensive education study commissioned by
The Wallace Foundation. This pos