Category: self-help

When was the last time you learned something? Expect to learn.  Make the effort to learn. Your world gets smaller and smaller when you fail to stimulate your brain.  Your brain begins to turn to mush. Possibilities start to show up when you take the time to learn, to engage your curiosity and expand your…

Want to get really rich? Try working 80 hours a week for the next 20 years.  That, combined with smart choices and a little luck, will get you there. There are no shortcuts to wealth, unless, of course, you become a benefactor in a trust fund or life insurance payout; or win the mega-lottery. Many…

I’m perfectly imperfect. Still a work in progress. I’ve realized that success is not fully measured by what I achieve, credentials I acquire, and material trappings that accumulate along the way.  I now know the biggest measure of success is how much I really like my imperfect me. It wasn’t always that way.  I just…

The curse of knowledge If you’re not careful, you can become too trusting of your knowledge, too secure in your private delusion of how smart you are, too self-assured in thinking others understand you the way you do. You must learn to step back and ask questions.  Good questions.  Sometimes seemingly silly questions.  Ask lots…

Many a false start was made by standing still. – Fortune cookie Standing still is falling behind.  You have to haul ass, get a move on things.  You have to step beyond the fear that keeps your feet frozen in place.  You either make progress or live with regret. The cost of standing still, the price…

Go ahead, piss somebody off. I live in an age of the safe space. I  get frightened by those who challenge my thinking, who go after my sensibilities. Ray Bradbury got it right.  I can get so focused on not offending anyone, I’ll go to great lengths to avoid sharing the inconvenient truths.  I’ll even…