Author Archives: Charlie Pellerin

Powerconnect and the Optical Society Presentations

I had two especially well received presentations (Download the Presentations in PowerPoint) during the past several days. The first was at a Powerconnect meeting in the Cisco facility in Palo Alto to Indian IT experts working in the US who … Continue reading

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Why I Sold All My Stocks

Stocks (and fiat currencies) are “tertiary” forms of wealth with no value without primary and secondary wealth. Primary wealth is economically harvestable basic resources. Secondary wealth is product made from primary wealth, taken to markets and then sold. More importantly, … Continue reading

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A Special Team Development Opportunity (No Kidding!)

Are you a member of, or working with a team that would like to experience the full 4-D Team Development Assessment (TDA) process? As a special promotion, we are providing select teams the following for free. A full Team Development … Continue reading

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4-D Network Member Communication 2’9’2011

Big News on Multiple Fronts Out third “Learning Tool” is now operational! We urge all Network Members to use these. Access the tools from  the “Learning and Resources” tab at www.NASAteambuilding.com. Overview: We now have 4-D Network Members using Team … Continue reading

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The Leanest and Most Effective Team and Individual Development Processes in Existence

The Leanest and Most Effective Team and Individual Development Processes in Existence is a presentation I gave at the Training 2011 Conference yesterday – the slide notes should help you understand the slides. I selected the title because the claim, … Continue reading

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I’ve Read Some Shocking Things, But…

I routinely read Chris Martenson’s daily blogs, and this tops anything i have seen yet. This is so outrageous that only months ago, I would have trashed it. As a physicist, I am trained to examine evidence as it matches … Continue reading

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Eliminating Future Challenger Explosions

Yesterday was the 25th anniversary of the tragic explosion of Space Shuttle Challenger. As NASA’s Director, Astrophysics I was, of course, shocked to hear about the Challenger accident. I had a “Spartan-Halley” payload on Challenger and for a time worried … Continue reading

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Why I Blog about Scary Futures

While the response my Blogs about preparation for massive and unpleasant change has been overwhelmingly positive, I received one critical e-mail from a 4-D client. He referred to my blogs as “bizarre” and “survivalist.” I thought I might tell you … Continue reading

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4-D Network Members and Friends

A lot of time has passed since in communicated with you. I have been waiting for the launch of our “Learning Tool” which, like all things that involve software, has taken longer than we thought. It provides an easy way … Continue reading

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The Most Important Investment Question

Should you buy assets that benefit from: 1. Money printing (“quantitative easing”) such as gold, silver, and resource stocks, or 2. From GDP growth such as stocks, rental properties and other historical investments. What do you think?

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