The Craftsmen Paradox

[My Freemasonry]

Back in graduate school, my field of study was Organizational Behavior & Development. I was not a Mason back then, but I often wish I were because our fraternity is a very interesting organization, and I think I could have had plenty of research material for class papers. One of the topics that management students […]

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[coachn]

Hiram = My Brother is Raised (Exalted)
Abiff = Someone's Spiritual Instructor (Highest or 3rd level Rabbi)
Hiram Abiff = A Brother who has Raised himself to become his own Spiritual Instructor

Can't get any simpler than that, yet so many miss it.

(Source: Chapter V. The Boney Grasp; Building Janus - Uncommon Catechism for Uncommon Masonic Education - Volume 4; Author - Dr. John S. Nagy)

 

[coachn]

Hi Coach

I find it useful to go to the Egyptian and Hebrew word roots when establishing such etymology.

We all have our rabbit holes. Mine looked at these and a few more. When I considered what the title was making effort to communicate, hole number one was the obvious choice.

 

[pointwithinacircle2]

My analysis of "The Abilene Paradox" and "The Craftmen Paradox" are essentially the same. It seems to that in both cases the groups involved want one thing in the present and another thing in retrospect. Driving to Abilene and holding a One Day Class are both easy solutions to being uncomfortable in the moment. It is only in retrospect that people ask "was that the best solution we could have come up with?". So essentially we are comparing two completely different situations and asking why we didn't come up with the same solution to both.

Don't get me wrong, I love pie. When there is a problem I am just as likely as the next person to suggest solving it by eating pie. It is only when my pants don't fit anymore that I start thinking that I should have had some vegetables instead.