The Most Powerful Question In the Universe
Yesterday I promised to reveal the question that has transformed my life and taken me from playing small to playing larger than I ever have, from showing up as the janitor to embracing my inner rock...
View ArticleDear Universe: Message Received…You Can Stop Hitting Me Now
Last week was another one of those “learning” weeks. It all started on Wednesday when my BFF Carolyn posted the video for Nickleback’s song “If Today Was Your Last Day” on Facebook. I’m not a huge...
View ArticleLearning To Walk Again…Where Do I Begin?
Well hello there; it’s been a while, hasn’t it. Don’t worry, though: I’m not going to bore you with the details this time. I’ve just been off hibernating. Ruminating. Percolating. Meditating. The Foo...
View ArticleHow Do You Develop the Audacity To Chase BHAGS?
You know what a BHAG is, right? It’s an acronym for Big Hairy Audacious Goal, and if you have any, you know they can be scary. In fact, BHAGs are all about setting your sights on something that really...
View ArticleSo Long, “Motivation 101″…Hello “Choosing the Truth”!
Boy…where to start? So much has happened in the last 90 days, I really don’t know what to talk about first. So I’ll start by explaining the title of this post. Over the next few days, you’re going to...
View ArticleWhat Does It Mean to Choose the Truth?
There seem to be a lot of opinions about what qualifies as the truth these days. Politicians of every stripe, religious leaders and zealots, philosophers and scientists all clamor for attention as they...
View ArticleAndy Rooney, the Truth, and You
“That’s what a writer does. A writer’s job is to tell the truth.” – Andy Rooney I was reading an article about Andy Rooney’s death earlier this week, and I came across that quote. Rooney, best known...
View ArticleIndoctrination, Your Beliefs, and You
“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie — deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.” – John F. Kennedy Here’s something you probably...
View ArticleLetting Go of Labels and Getting to Work
One of the biggest struggles I’ve come up against lately is letting go of my addiction to labels. I realized this the other day when one of my Riff Raft partners, Jackie, was telling me about this...
View ArticleEverything You Believe Is (Probably) Bullshit
“A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche I was poking around online the other day, doing some research for an article I was writing....
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