Photo by Josh Calabrese on Unsplash How the First Principle of Improvisational Comedy Might Just be a Superb Principle for Living Being an effective person requires being able to get along with many different people. But navigating the various personal and professional relationships in your life can be difficult. Luckily, there is a simple tool that can… Read More »Yes, And: Getting Ahead by Getting Along
Photo by Francesco Gallarotti on Unsplash Thinking Big, Acting Small, and Understanding the Limiting Tendencies of the Mind Our minds are wonderful machines. At any given moment, they can be zooming through numerous different operations: thoughts, feelings, plans, inklings, and processing thousands of pieces of data from our senses. We can drive ourselves to work while listening… Read More »How to Topple a Tree With Two Fingers
“A small white house surrounded by trees in the autumn” by Scott Webb on Unsplash A few thoughts on love, life, and living Sometimes I find myself alone in the near-dark of morning, and the thoughts that run through my head are special ones. They’re not the kind that find their way in during the hectic light… Read More »Love is Not Fire
Photo by Saketh Garuda on Unsplash The Underappreciated Depth and Meaning of a Seemingly Superficial Question Nearly every day, when my wife and I sit down to eat dinner, I try to ask — over an endlessly chatting 4 year-old and a loudly eating 1 year-old — how was your day? It’s a question that many of us ask every… Read More »How Is Your Day?
“Top view of a green ridge by an ocean in D’Urville Island” by Alex Siale on Unsplash Thoughts about our struggle to get things done, and maybe, how we can do our “best stuff” Every day, I have a list of things to do. This list comes in various flavors, which include (but probably aren’t limited to):… Read More »Pride and Productivity
Image Credit: Kristopher Roller on Unsplash Faith’s bad rap, reason’s inflated reputation, and the nuance of human actions. Faith gets a bad rap. It’s a shame, really. But like anything that gets its image tarnished over the years, it tends to be because of what its adherents do and say, as opposed to anything intrinsic to it.… Read More »Faith and Reason: Why Can’t We Be Friends?
Photo by Esteban Lopez on Unsplash My journey from being obsessed with my image to being able to stop bullets with my chest — sort of. Not long ago, I read Brené Brown’s book Daring Greatly, and it changed the way I thought about how I present myself to others. Specifically, the book contains a great quote in it… Read More »The Superpower of Vulnerability
Photo by Eddie Garcia on Unsplash An Essay on the Ever-Shrinking Appreciation of Spare Time, and How to Budget it Back into Your Life “Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.”– Ralph… Read More »The Importance of Spare Time and How to Create It
Photo by Tim Wright on Unsplash A way to overcome the barriers to an extremely beneficial habit, so you can begin reaping its benefits Journaling is an enormously beneficial habit. But it can be difficult to stick with. One reason is that just opening a blank page — whether a piece of paper or a new, blank digital journal… Read More »6 Intriguing and Effective Journaling Methods to Help You Make it a Habit
Photo by Ben Sweet on Unsplash A More Meaningful and Holistic Approach to Lifelong Learning We spend all day being bombarded by information. We take in what we can, leave what we can’t, and we keep moving. But as the sheer amount of available information grows, and most of our jobs require us to have more of… Read More »Beyond Mere Knowledge: 5 Habits to Cultivate Greater Insight Through Reflective Learning
