I've always had a secret theory that reads something like this: we are equipped to handle the big things in life, but it's the small things that trip us up. For example, we have to learn to cope with death, either our own or those whom we love. We learn to deal with difficult … [Read more...]
Truer Words Were Never Spoken
I read something called the Daily Stoic every morning. Occasionally, I read something that just goes ding, ding, ding to me. The other day it was a quote by Marcus Aurelius in Meditations (more on why I read Aurelius later): "How much more harmful are the consequences of anger … [Read more...]
Success Is All In Your Head
One of my core beliefs is: If you can think it, you can do it. Let's add four rules: You have to obey nature. For example, you can't fly. You're not a bird. So, thinking to yourself that "I'm going to fly, I really am," is pretty worthless. You can't just sit in a … [Read more...]
The Perfect First Blog Post of 2017
End of the Year Profundities – or Yin and Yang
I can't help it. It's that time of year. The end of the year always makes me evaluate the systems I use to acomplish stuff, get pithy, and spout profundities. I was on a writers' site the other day and I was fascinated by the number of threads complaining about this and … [Read more...]
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