Why divergent thinkers can’t help but do something
Life is hardly ever wasted. It can be under-appreciated; you can miss the joy and beauty and wonder of it all, and some might call that a waste. But if you pay attention, if you…
You are perfect as you are, and only getting better
The good thing about Monday mornings is reading an email from Mark Manson. Today, he made mention about how life will always have a tension between being perfect as you are right now, and the…
Don’t Think…Just Do
Like the rest of ‘murca over Memorial Day weekend, I watched Top Gun: Maverick. There’s a critical scene where the rally cry is don’t think just do. You’d think this would be a post where…
Emotion = Body + Mind
i was reading about ego development theory, and i came across this part about doing, being and thinking and it reminded me of my own Levers of Living: Body, Mind, Behavior and Environment. you can…
impact is not the same as contribution
the ocean has impact; a starfish has contribution. we need your contribution regardless of the scale of impact. …
The Pareto Principle: it’s only 20% helpful
and it is the key to mastery people will often talk about how you only need to master 20% of a thing and you can get 80% of the results. they’ll use examples like, how…
connection is the key
there is one theme that that seems to cross all forms of literature. the poets wax poetical about it; the novelists novelize it; the self-help gurus promote it, the psychologists prescribe it. except, they don’t…
what you’ve been waiting for…
i do hereby give you permission to have fun today. to do the brave thing. to try and fail and to try again. i give you permission to put effort toward something that may not…
treat your body like you treat your lover
happy new year i wanted to write a new year’s post about goal setting, and that got me onto the subject of living a deliberate life, and that made the think about the support systems…
perhaps a practice is about balance and being
when i lived alone, i would spend the first hour of my day drinking coffee, journaling, and singing Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen while playing my guitar or my piano. i just needed something to prove…