I had lunch the other day with someone who told me she was sometimes appalled by how people need to be reminded of such basic skills such as how to be polite. Frankly, I don’t know why she was appalled. It’s not like any of us elitists are any more perfect than the masses—we’re just [...]
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Wow, am I struggling. I’m coming off the best business week I’ve had in 3 months, but for some reason, I’m just out of whack. For example: I described my financial wins this week to my wife and she left the conversation more stressed than when we started. I put my daughter in tears by [...]
I just finished watching a TED talk with Michael Specter about how the denial of the scientific process is resulting in the resurgence of long-gone diseases, shorter life spans, and greater risk. His point is that there is a difference between skepticism and ignorance, and right now in the world, the latter too often comes [...]
It’s simple conditioning, really. Inspired by thisisindexed, I played around with creating some funked out Venn diagrams and charts and graphs to represent some of my content. Then when I saw an awesome collection of these things by GL Hoffman over at What Would Dad Say? (killer blog), I was all like, giddyap, that wagon [...]
Quitting is more fun when you do it in a big way. Here’s what you need to know.
An effective way to “love thy neighbor” when you’re neighbor is an a-hole.
Employees often say they want opportunity, but when presented with it, they realize opportunity comes with a chance of getting hurt, and opt for safety instead.
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