I’m a big soccer fan and am quite high from witnessing Japan lift the World Cup trophy for the first time ever. That being said, US played better football over all and my opinion is that luck wasn’t exactly on their side. I didn’t foresee how the game would end, but having watched the entire [...]
Did someone hurt your feelings? Do you get annoyed or frustrated? We all do from time to time — I certainly do, and while I keep telling myself not to judge others too hastily, I still find myself full of judgments and wraths for everyone around me. Obviously there are moral and religious arguments against [...]
Judgment hurts. This is a lesson I’ve been reminded of in multiple ways recently. In any relationship, the kind and loving thing to do is to meet the other person where s/he is.
Let me illustrate that point, with a story about me and my cat.
Expecting Human Reasoning out of a Cat (Yes, it’s futile!)
I have [...]
First the definitions:
“Hard” Work: work that is done at such a pace, amount, or intensity that it strains you.
“Good” Work: work that is self-rewarding. You have much higher tolerance for this work. Even when you do it at a level where it’d be Hard had it been other kinds of work, Good Work doesn’t strain [...]
This, I learned from someone who used to work as an ER doctor.
Don’t just do something. Just stand there, until you know what to do.
I think the lesson there is not to do anything for the sake of doing something. Many of us feel that inaction = unproductive = sin. But if you don’t know [...]
I was recently discussing strategies with my indie filmmaking collaborators and the idea of this post came from that discussion.
It really doesn’t matter what your endeavor is — if you have things you must accomplish in your life, you’ll maximize your chance by surrounding yourself with people who root for you. In fact, your chance [...]
One of the best lessons I got from the book “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki was this:
Set goals that are so easy to achieve, it takes no effort at all.
Though “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” is a book primarily about money, Kiyosaki was referring to exercising — you know, the Going-to-the-Gym kind — [...]
Posture is a reflection of your level of success, or at least your energy level. Bad posture is a symptom, a result that comes up to the surface, of a deeper issue. Let me share how I am discovering this.
I’ve always had a bad posture. My mother noticed it, and tried to correct it a [...]
As with everything else in life, there are best practices for chasing dreams — any dreams.
The key concept to keep in mind is this: in order for you to realize your dream, you have to first become a person who has the capacity to do so. Becoming worthy and capable is the requirement here, [...]
Burn-out is a major issue of mine, as it is to a lot of people. It takes maturity and discipline to conduct your life in a way that it is devoid of burn-out.
But I’m learning that it’s not a rocket science, either. As with most things it’s just the matter of learning how to recognize [...]
