It can be all to easy to think that there is “something wrong” – with some circumstance in our lives, or even with us. We remember trips to the doctor for flu shots when we…
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Relationships: The New Currency
In the 2018 Cohen Brothers’ film The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, a rugged pioneer (played by Tom Waits) enters an idyllic scene and pans for gold. I really enjoyed watching this vignette, not only because…
Your Greatest Asset
I’d like to take a moment and consider just what it is that is so crucial to the modern-day Renaissance Man (or Woman). Just to recap, a modern-day Renaissance Man (or Woman) is somebody who…
“The Way of the Truest Self”
“Let’s look at what I can control – saying ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to certain opportunities. And that’s about it. And, of course, saying ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ requires that I look at all the data, all…
Should You Quit Your Job?
In Cal Newport’s So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest For Work You Love, he provides an algorithm to be used in order to find out whether you should quit…
Reaching A Higher Level: Understand That Life Has “Layers” And “Seasons”
In order to reach a higher level at any Art, skill, Craft, Vision, stage of life, or Way of Being than one is currently at, one must have the discipline to “chunk away” at it,…
Beware of “Should”
The word “should” is more of a sentiment than a word. A golf ball flubs into the trees. “I should have kept my knees bent on the follow through!” A business investment tanks. “I should…
Social Media: Tool or Threat?
Cal Newport, author of So Good They Can’t Ignore You, was interviewed by James Altucher on the podcast The James Altucher Show. In the conversation, Newport brings up a concept called “mental residue,” which is the phenomenon…
Getting Better Means Never Stopping
Somewhere in Daniel Coyle’s The Talent Code, he reveals that all it would take to get less good at something would be no more than thirty days, or just around a month’s time. Even the world’s most…
“Creative Altruism”: The Missing Link
I was just on the phone with a friend. The conversation seemed to hover around the merits of letting ourselves have our moments of glory, our “day under the sun,” versus being more concerned with…