How to stem the fright
The actor slips over their words; the violinist freezes mid-song; the shortstop misses an easy grounder. Mistakes happen, no matter the expert. But how many...
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The perfect life is non-existent
Living the perfect life is a canard. Chasing exactitude is the primary cause of unhappiness. Instead, we should give in to life’s imperfections and invite...
Growing one block of reality at a time
We take one step forward and two steps back. Effort never guarantees success but it always ensures learning. All great things happen because of discomfort....
Fleeting motivation
Here today, gone tomorrow. Motivation is fickle. But what if you promised yourself you’d get it done regardless of how you felt? Going to the...
Faith can move mountains
“There is a positive correlation between the fear of death and the sense of unlived life,” writes Oliver Burkeman in The Antidote (Amazon). Futuring is a...
Guided by the dream
Try to think without images. You can’t. Pictures make up the mind. Try to make a decision without some sort of confidence. You can’t. Even...
Live to work and work to live
We love to feel embattled because we like to think we labored for it. If we haven’t struggled, we haven’t yet lived. The urge to...
You’re better off going into the wilderness
The game of goal setting is a choice. Instead of leaving your future to the whims of nature, you can create your own course and...
The nothing special
Look for a way of life, unmoored from staring at the donut hole. Conversely, the hybrid of work and life is what makes the donut...
Your vocation chooses you
We all start out with a dream, a goal of someone or something we want to emulate. We keep that dream close, putting up bedroom posters...