During COVID, I did not leave the house for six months out of pressure from my significant other. I ended up getting a severe Vitamin D deficiency, and my entire body started aching, I was tired all the time, and I didn’t feel like doing anything—not even getting out of bed. I would spend hours in pain wondering what was wrong with me, and it tur...
Read More“The only constant is change.” You’ve heard the saying before, usually when something great is coming to an end. It’s often a harsh reminder that no matter what you do, there will always be more to do and always be entropy slowly eroding the progress you make in this world. At the same time, many people today can’t even handle 5 minutes without...
Read MoreI know, I know—this headline is going to elicit groans from all of the memories of having to deal with an HR department when getting hired, promoted, or let go. I get the stigma associated with HR. But in my research and identifying the keys to success in life, I was looking for analogies that could best explain how it worked. When doing so, the...
Read MoreLife is getting more grim, right? Climate change, fascism, a global pandemic, social unrest, terrorism, potential wars of the cold, nuclear, and civil kind, flattening of lifespans and homeownership levels…it seems like every day there is a reason to be pessimistic. But of course that’s absolutely absurd to think that’s an objective assessment....
Read MoreWhen people talk about the meaning of life, many look back to the origin of life for insight. Scientists and theologians both assess the origins of the universe, life, and everything in it to see what that knowledge can do for our lives today. Is it possible to definitively know the origins of life and the universe? Even if we could, would that...
Read More"There are plenty of fish in the sea." "Everything happens for a reason." "Maybe this was a blessing in disguise." I know, I know...it sucks hearing these clichés when you'd rather be sulking. Your significant other left you. You lost your job. You are facing a career-ending injury. You've been betrayed or hurt. You don't understand why, ar...
Read MoreOkay, so the title is a little "in your face" in nature, but I wanted to get your attention. There are a lot of philosophical discussions out there about impermanence, and they all seem to be the same Buddhism-like narrative about how everything is impermanent and so you should detach from everything and learn to let go to evolve beyond attachment...
Read MoreGreat storytellers can captivate their audiences. It seems like an art form, and much of it is: the tone, the pace, and the voice inflections are all key to capturing hearts and minds. But the structures of stories are as much of a science as an art. You might be familiar with the core structure: introduction, inciting incident, rising action, c...
Read MoreIt's the world's biggest secret that's hidden in plain sight: life is about growth, and everyone intuitively knows this. The source of the leak? Language. Our idioms, expressions, platitudes, sayings, and questions. We guide the younger generation to realize their potential, and we help rising leaders develop the skills and abilities they need...
Read MoreI just described where the growth-centric view of meaning is popping up in the corporate world, and so my brain must've been primed to see some of these examples in other areas. There are several pop psychology and business ideas that have been widely used and accepted in speeches and articles that have growth at the heart of them. Let's take a l...
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