It is easy to look at something and say, “I could do it better.” OK, then do it better. If you take no action, your opinion falls flat. How can you know whether you can do something better if you never do it?

It is a sad fact that nearly 50% of my blog posts are below average. On the other hand, maybe I should be excited that nearly 50% are above average. One of the ideas from Mindset by Carol Dweck is that the people who do the most work are more likely to do...

Opposites are part of what makes life interesting. There is no… courage without fear empathy without indifference light without darkness heat without cold speed without stillness When you experience sadness of frustration, should you be thankful that this...

I woke up Sunday morning and saw that the blog that I published had some typos. Apparently, I was somewhat distracted on Saturday evening when I made my final edits. I fixed the version on the website, but the email version is there to stay. Admittedly, I...

The Minimalists have a clever saying, "You can’t change the people around you, but you can change the people around you.” In other words, you cannot (easily) change the behavior of the people around you, but you can change who you choose to be around. You might not...

At a barbecue with one of my oldest friends and he says, “You're different since you came back from London.” My response: “Thank you for noticing.” There are a lot of ways I could have taken it, but I am different and I am happy about it. Less focused on...

Where your focus goes, the energy flows. Your expectations and response to events influences your direction and momentum. If you expect the worse, you're more likely to see it. Seeing it then reinforces that you were right to be pessimistic. The spiral of negativity...

Attention is like time. You only have so much and you can’t get it back. Spend it well or you’ll have nothing to show for it. Also, switch your focus too often and you’ll exhaust yourself without doing anything well. Smartphones tend to be full of distractions. It’s...

Many of us get way more emails than we could ever read. To retain some sanity, I use a simple process to manage my inbox. Each email received has three options: * Read later or requires action - stay in inbox until done, then archive * Not interested - archive. If...

It’s funny how many videos and memes are going around showing the outlandish things people are doing now that they’re stuck at home for days on end. It’s especially funny to me because I’ve primarily worked from home for the past few years and have already made this...

There are a lot of conspiracy theories going around at the moment. One of things that seems common is that they claim to be an authority and maybe even claim to have scientific evidence. Sometimes these theories are shared by someone you trust. If the source is...