Dick Stoute

After a career in electrical engineering and business, during which I became very interested in what motivates people, I suddenly realized that fear was the main motivator for many people. So I researched the topic and wrote a book called Understanding Fear: The Key to a Brighter Future.

I continue to develop the topic in my blog:

http://understandingfear-das.blogspot.com

Sailing is my sport. I am a competitive sailor, participating in Caribbean regattas from Tobago to St. Maarten. This led to an interest in handicapping and I became a measure and then the Chief Measurer for the Caribbean Rating Rule for several years. I also developed an interest in philosophy and after doing much reading, I did a M.Phil in philosophy at the Cave Hill Campus, Barbados where I wrote a thesis, "The Metaphysics of Information." This was completed in 2005 and prompted early retirement to continue developing my ideas in philosophy. I enrolled at Reading University in 2008 to do a PhD in philosophy.