Welcome to 2020, the beginning of a new decade. I have started this year (and decade) with a rather persistent cold, but one that has not been unable to prevent me from doing my work and spending time with my family while we are mostly all home.…

Around this time of year, people start making resolutions, which is not the same thing as actually committing to something and building the discipline to sustain it long enough for it to transform you. Mostly, people commit to stop doing something…

It isn't easy to be lazy. It is more complicated than you might believe. Those who have mastered being lazy have had to work very hard to maintain their slothfulness. What follows here is a primer on how you can master the art of being… Continue Reading

Surely there are many more incredible character traits one might obligate themselves to should they decide to be an excellent human being. The following list of ten is a starter pack for those who dare to commit to improving in important areas of…

Because I travel frequently, I download a lot of content. Most of the content I keep on my smartphone is video content from YouTube, which I treat as audio content. When I am traveling, I almost always have my headphones on, so I can block out the…

You are always telling yourself and others stories. Those stories include the meaning you attach to your thoughts, beliefs, and experiences, and you may frame them as positive or negative or neutral. How you frame your views, beliefs, and…

Recently, a young man told me that he couldn't read books because he has a learning disability that prevents him from being able to read. No one believes they have a learning disability until someone tells them they have one. The same people…

The most frequent question podcast hosts ask me is, "If you could back and offer your twenty-something-year-old self some advice, what would you tell him?" I used to try to answer this question, but I was never satisfied with my answers. Mostly I…

More content is produced and shared now than at any other time in human history. Because the social sites allow the written word, video, and audio to be shared widely with no cost and little effort, you have more access to information, ideas, and…

Many people leave a job believing they will be leaving their problems only to find the same challenges somewhere else. When this isn't true, the person who goes because they think it will be easier to work somewhere else is often surprised to find…