We’re whole people. You may have heard the term “work-life balance” before. Personally, I don’t like the use of the term “balance” here because it implies that work and the rest of our lives are somehow opposed to each other. Instead, let’s focus on nourishing […]
Category: Brainstorms
Playing the Game
There are different types of games. The simplest ones are what we call zero-sum games. In order for one player to score a point, the other players lose the opportunity to score. I’m reminded of a game I used to play as a child called […]
When to Give Up
You’re going to spend your time doing something. Your money is going to get spent on something. Your effort and passion will be spent. These things aren’t to save, they are to spend. But on what? The more I experience, the more I realize the […]
Self Acceptance
I’ve seen a lot of posts on social media lately talking about self acceptance. Buried in flowery language they all say something like: Forgive yourself for the past. Accept yourself as you are in the present. Become who you need to be in order to […]
Is Abandoning Your Goals the Secret to Success?
“Goal setting” has become one of those Insta-famous ideas that successful looking people send post after post for us to see. “You just have to set an intention,” “I made a list of goals and then got to work, and now I have a luxury […]
Cleaning Out the Closet
It’s truly amazing to consider the last year. The world was so uncertain, and fighting to maintain our connections to one another was one of the things that gave my early days of isolation purpose and direction. Now we see a light at the end […]
Fear, Pride, and Exploration
Gripped. That’s the word for it. I’d just climbed three quarters of a route when I found a great place to “rest” – a larger handhold, a few flaky edges for my feet, all on an overhang. I’d hang from one hand and shake out […]
The spot that’s left for humans
“What is really clear fo me is that if you have a job where we can specify what “good” and “bad” results look like, there’s a computer that’s going to be able to do that job really soon.” Seth Godin We’re living through at strange […]
Is it useful?
This is my first post in quite some time. I paused to launch a new project, The Intentional Academy Podcast. I hope you’ll check it out. I intend to resume writing here on a regular basis, but I’ll be honest that I haven’t worked out […]
A 20.4 Billion Mile Journey
I noticed something this week: when we count up, numbers seem bigger than when we count down. Today is my 35th birthday. Since I’ve only ever been younger than 35, it has always sounded “old.” I start doing math such as “I’m halfway to 70.” […]
