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ron winnegrad
Ron Winnegrad has been a Perfumer and teacher for 46 years. As a perfumer, Ron has been able to express the world he sees through a rainbow of olfactive and emotive visions. As a teacher, Ron has helped others to see fragrance through his own multi sensorial lens.
Through research it has been found that many years of repetition and constant feedback are essential for INTUITIVE LEARNING. Repetition develops habit, which develops knowledge, which then permits INTUITION to function. Whatever skill you wish to develop requires this process. A process that should be utilized within the entire […]
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Our reason to be on this earth is not to criticize, reject or judge. Our purpose is to offer assistance to others, compassion and empathy. OUR LEGACY IS THE ACCUMULATION OF WHAT WE GIVE BACK NOT WHAT WE TOOK OUT. You will amplify your existence by helping others. The […]
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“THE GREATEST ENEMY OF KNOWLEDGE IS NOT IGNORANCE, IT IS THE ILLUSION OF KNOWLEDGE,” said Steven Hawking. To learn any skill; a sport, a musical instrument, managing people, cooperating with others, is first learned through obtaining KNOWLEDGE for that particular endeavor. The KNOWLEDGE then has to be sharpened into a […]
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A saying of Mr. Rogers was; “DEEP AND SIMPLE IS FAR MORE NECESSARY THAN SHALLOW AND COMPLEX.” Young children are so much more superior for their instinctive small acts of HELPFULNESS, the SMALL HUG, the SHARING OF WHAT THEY HAVE THAT OTHERS DO NOT HAVE. What happens to the […]
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To paraphrase the great Roman philosopher Seneca (4BC-65AD); “You complain that you have met with an ungrateful person. If this is your first experience of that sort, you should offer thanks either to your good luck or to your caution. However, caution can effect nothing but to make you UNGENEROUS. […]
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The SOUL is the spiritual embodiment, the imagery, the principle or the essence of a theory. The SOUL is the DNA of a belief. There is a SOUL or DNA of a fragrance. A fragrance is usually, between 30 and 150 ingredients, 10 to 12 ingredients of the total should […]
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Our culture does a good job of ignoring the uniqueness and depth of each person. Pollsters see demographic groups, data counts people as if they are apples, capitalism reduces people to economic self-interest and consumerism treats people concerned merely with pleasure. PERSONALISM is a philosophy built on the uniqueness and […]
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It is DIFFICULT being thought to be DIFFERENT or to be seen as DIFFERENT. You may pay a price for BEING DIFFERENT, but it is important to not fear to be DIFFERENT. At home, school and at work most people may give you a wide circle. It is not that […]
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We all pay a heavy price of distress by getting caught in an endless cycle of desire and attachment, which leads to constant EXPECTATIONS. EXPECTATIONS cause one to be irritable, disappointed, tense and disillusioned. There is a better way to approach the future. EXPECTATIONS creates a false illusion that life […]
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Pythagoras coined the word PHILOSOPHER to describe himself as a “LOVER OF WISDOM.” It is as in life, some are influenced by the love of wealth while others are blindly led on by the mad fever for power and domination, but the finest type of person, the PHILOSOPHER, gives themselves […]
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