CATEGORY
I am very anxious about a lot of things, but “not running out of money” tops my list. It took me a long time to identify the source of this anxiety, but now I know it stems from growing up in a family that had very few resources – and knowing how close we were …
Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web How the Great Zen Master and Peace Activist Thich Nhat Hanh Found Himself and Lost His Self in a Library Epiphany I wasn’t formally Thich Nhat Hanh’s student, but I spent many hours with his teachings both in grad school and for years beyond. His peaceful heart …
The market moves quickly. No one (not I, not you), can see it coming. Some people continuously repeat their predictions and eventually look very smart… you know, broken clocks. Some people say they see it coming beforehand (lots of people say lots of things) – you can’t know who will be right. More people say …
Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web How to Perform Well Under Pressure For a better you… mental flexibility is at least as important as mental toughness. Derek Sivers: Books I’ve Read Derek Sivers, author of Anything You Want, writes about creating a business (and a life) on your terms. This link takes you …
Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web Striking Findings From 2021 From the number of adults remaining childless, to incredible voter turnout, to the trust in traditional news sources, to the decline of religious affiliation… Pew research discovered a variety of interesting things about us in 2021. Weepings and Gnashings of Teeth Catastrophism creates …
As many of you know, my son – Eli – is a musician. You can see his work – both covers and originals – on his Youtube channel. About a month ago, he was listening to Coney Island, a Taylor Swift song featuring Matt Berninger (of The National), when I heard the following lyric in …
Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web Give Your Money. Give Your Time. Don’t Tell Anyone. It was Maimonedes, with the council of Aristotle, who suggested that private giving was superior. Whether you share your giving or keep it anonymous, a regular practice of giving (your time and money) boosts your happiness and satisfaction …
3.9% The latest employment numbers were worse than expected… but that didn’t stop the aggregate unemployment numbers from falling below 4% for the first time since the beginning the pandemic. And the year just past, we saw almost 6.5 million jobs created – the most jobs ever created in a single year. From the BLS …
Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web Insights from “The Matter with Things” So you think you know a thing or two about the brain hemispheres? Think again. This is a “book review” of an insanely long book I’m about to read. If you’d care to join me and would like to go slow, …
Page [tcb_pagination_current_page] of [tcb_pagination_total_pages]