Morning routines are the on trend these days. It seems like each wealthy and/or famous person has a morning routine that has been a contributing factor in their success. Nearly every morning routine you can read about includes meditation. What it also includes is a bunch of stuff geared at making you happier. But what’s… Read More »The Pursuit of Happiness v2.0
Being a better listener is a key skill for nearly anything you want to do. The better you are at listening, the better you can be as a friend, a partner, a colleague, and so on. But listening is hard. We’ve all got a lot going on. Ideas pop in and out of our heads,… Read More »The Listening Palace: How to Get More out Of Conversations, and Become a Better Listener
On Value and Money in the Digital World I buy very few apps and subscribe to very few services. For any given app or service that I stumble across, I’ve found that my first question is: is it free? The other day, I caught myself in this very train of thought. I was a bit disgusted.… Read More »Have We Become Too Cheap for Our Own Good?
The more I read online, the more I find myself bombarded by writing that focuses on empowerment. But it tends to do so in the same way: by insisting that we have so much more power over our situations than we think — that our destiny is ours to shape; the world is effectively our oyster. But… Read More »The Power of Powerlessness
From time to time, I hear someone say that something was “meant to be”. More often than not, I hear it as it pertains to a relationship — that two people were meant to be together. For many people, that somehow seems to impart a higher status to a relationship, or people in it. But honestly, I… Read More »Nothing is Meant to Be, and That’s Awesome
A Brief Thought on Some Incomplete Advice The prevailing advice seems to be “the key to success is to keep stepping out of your comfort zone”. But I wonder about this sometimes. Human beings seem to crave comfort and security, by our very nature. In fact, human beings have done, and continue to do a… Read More »The Illusion of “Outside Your Comfort Zone”
“To achieve anything, you need a burning desire.” -Napoleon Hill I read the book Think and Grow Rich about 2 years ago. It was about the time that I began writing the kind of stuff you’re reading right now. In it, one of the founders of the modern self-help and positive psychology movement, Napoleon Hill, talks… Read More »The Hunger of Our Time
One of the very first classes I took in college began with the professor saying something like this: If you leave this class with more questions than answers, I’ll have done my job. I’ll have given you all you need to keep learning — curiosity. It was in this way that I came to understand that one… Read More »The Curiosity Quadrant: Becoming Smarter Through Strategic Ignorance
The Case for a Different Set of Entrepreneurial Traits I hear the term “passion” quite a bit these days. I hear people talk about themselves and others as “passionate” as if it is the trait to have. I read advice on how to find and pursue your passion. In the same way that they used… Read More »Less Passion, More Compassion
Before you write something to inform others about a given topic. Before you tell someone your opinion on a topic. Before you go into a meeting where you have to negotiate or report out. There is one question you will need to ask and really meditate on: What don’t I know? It’s not so that you… Read More »What Your First Question Should Always Be
