The Rite of a $20 Coffee Maker
I don’t drink it for the caffeine. And I don’t brew it for the taste. But if you’ve got a minute, I’ll tell you why it percolates. Coffee is a ritual. The starter pistol of routine. Each morning set...
View ArticleHolding True To Your Highest Aim
There’s a concept called apical dominance that I find fascinating. Basically, it describes how the main stem of a tree or plant take precedence over branches. In other words, resources flow primarily...
View ArticleDesign the World Around Your Ideas, Not Your Ideas Around the World
A common point of frustration I encounter involves coming to odds with the world around me (and other people in it). When I was younger, this was often a function of assuming someone else should...
View ArticleHow To Reduce the Chaos of Endless Choice Realities
One big challenge of life is figuring out what targets to aim at. We live in a time and world with nearly unlimited choices as it relates to careers, location, income goals, industry, and beyond. So...
View ArticleHow To Change Your World
When you recognize your own power to influence your immediate surroundings, you can make a big difference in your world fast.You can rearrange rooms to make them more beautiful.You can speak more...
View ArticleForward Locomotion When Lacking Information
It’s a challenge making decisions when you don’t have all the facts. The old adage, “Do the best you can with what you’ve got”, is a nice, but hardly comforting sentiment. After all, not just any...
View ArticleThe 400th Thanksgiving
It’s incredible to think just how far we’ve come in the past 400 years. The good, the bad, and the ugly. A bunch of incensed Pilgrims boarded a ship to a new world, seeking respite from an overbearing...
View ArticleSecondhand Smoke
I like to joke that “secondhand Taylor Swift” is the leading reason I’m familiar with most of her songs. My wife keeps her music on repeat. Similarly, my wife claims she’s listened to enough of my...
View ArticleGratitude and Giving Back
Have you ever heard this idiom? Like a turtle on a fence post – you didn’t get there by yourself. Does anyone really get where they’re at by themselves? I’m not sure. What I do know is that I’ve had a...
View ArticleNectar and Thorns
Roses have thorns. Pineapples have spikes. Maybe the best things in life are protected by a pointed exterior. If you want to extract the sweetest juice from life, perhaps you must first tangle with...
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