What would just one of something look like? Not a diversity of items, but a simplicity of things. A specificity, a selection, and a deliberate choice between several? Not three workout programs, but just one workout program. Not seven yoga mats or towels, but just one. Not eight new dresses or blouses, but just one. Your… Continue Reading
“We’re not here, for that long, anyway. But to spend almost half our time lost in thought, and for the most part unhappy at that–well that’s pretty tragic, isn’t it?” – Andy Puddicombe How does your mind work? What brought you here? What patterns occupy your thoughts and recur, repeatedly? Andy Puddicombe talks about the… Continue Reading
Part two of my annual round-up. For part one, check out my annual review for 2012. The last year, or two, weren’t easy–and full of lots of mistakes–but incredible and far better than the first half of my twenties. I’ve mused lately, in my 29th year, what this decade will add up to. What have I… Continue Reading
It’s the end of the month (Happy Halloween!) and I’m sitting down to do my monthly review–which happens as close to the 30th as I can get each month, give or take a couple of days depending on my schedule and deadlines. I find that I like to check-in on the 30th to see how things… Continue Reading
In the doing of things, mistakes will be made. But you are doing the things, and that is good. In the face of fear, you can wait or do nothing. You can also choose to act despite the fear. (And not doing something is actually doing something). Choose wisely.… Continue Reading
“You don’t get better by staying the same.” You get better by doing something different. By trying new things. By pushing out of your comfort zone. You don’t become the best by doing what everyone else is doing. You do it better. You think of completely new things and you try them anyways. You keep… Continue Reading
No one cares about your ideas. They care about what you do with those ideas. Figure out how things work. Figure out why things are the way they are. Learn like crazy, and never stop. Learn how and where you can make changes. If the structure isn’t working, ask yourself why: Is it the people? The assumptions?… Continue Reading
Sometimes you have to slow down in order to truly speed up. The irony of going far is that it’s not done by going fast, not necessarily. Speed and consistency are two separate things, and one more often than not is indicative of success. To be successful, you have show up. And sometimes, you need to… Continue Reading
What is your job? Or, more importantly, what is your job not? One evening, late on a Friday night, I asked myself what I was accomplishing, and what I was achieving. Who am I working for? What’s the bigger picture? How am I making this happen? Sometimes, to figure out what to do, you have… Continue Reading