Lower the bar
Feeling successful has an alluring, habit-forming quality. You will naturally be drawn to do whatever makes you feel successful and proud of yourself.
Pain is not the enemy
It’s not actually our pain that stands in our way. It’s our wounds that hinder us. It’s our wounds that need to be healed. Our pain is simply the loyal messenger that will keep delivering its message until it is heeded.
Big life update
At the end of last year, Sara and I decided to end our romantic relationship. But we haven’t separated in the usual sense. We still live together, raise our kids together, and hope to do so for the foreseeable future.
Never be closing
In the 1992 film Glengarry Glen Ross, Alec Baldwin’s character famously says “Always Be Closing,” advocating a relentless, aggressive approach to finalizing business sales. I’m here to advocate for the opposite approach.
You don’t have to be goal-oriented
Through our fixation on goals, we become prisoners – to our insatiable appetite for that next high, to external forces beyond our control, and to our need for something external to validate us.
New email system, old habits
It’s with some shame and embarrassment that I’m switching websites and email delivery systems again.
The dual nature of genius
Genius has a dual nature, much like how light acts both as a particle and a wave. It is our unique self and the call of the universe within us.
Letting it go
What if I just let it go and moved on? What if I just let them be on whatever trip they’re on? Would it actually, in any practical sense, hurt me or affect my integrity?
Harnessing your unique creative power
Our genius might be thought of as our unique creative power. It is creative because it brings new ideas, expressions, or behaviors into being. It is a power because it allows us to shape ourselves and the world.
Happy Earth Day
I’ve committed to taking a walk in nature (almost) every day, rain or shine. As much as possible, I just let myself be – with myself, with nature, to use that time as a kind of walking meditation.