Our friend Tyler sets sail today on a round-the-world trip.
Having acquired a vessel suitable for the journey, gathered all of the gear, and plotted his course, he’s ready to go.
Many people have a dream of circumnavigating the globe. Tyler is actually going to do it. He has the skill and resources to make it happen. Just as important, he has the mindset.
Read MoreOff and on, I experience a sense of being unfulfilled.
I know exactly where it comes from, too. I’m not playing enough music.
For years, I played open mics and in bands. I started a music school and played and taught music for hours every day. Then I played music with the students of The Little Middle School every morning, everything from Lead Belly to The Magnetic Fields.
Read MoreYou may have heard that a University of Georgia professor resigned on the spot when one of his students refused to wear a mask properly.
The professor, Irwin Bernstein, was a “retiree-rehire,” who had officially retired in 2011 but has been teaching on a part-time basis.
I can’t blame him for deciding, at 88 years old, that life is too short to argue with an undergraduate about masks. And I certainly can’t blame him for attempting to enforce a mask mandate in his classroom due to the ongoing threat of death.
Read MoreTo be rulerless doesn’t mean “without measurement.” It means, in part, that we choose our own metrics instead of using established ones that don’t serve us.
If I try to stop measuring, it’s like the old “don’t think of an elephant” thing. No, I accept my urge to understand how I’m changing and the impact that I’m having. What I try to do is measure in such a way that I can highlight what’s working, what’s progressing, what’s growing, what’s developing, in realms that I have control over.
Read MoreIt’s nice when our work goes smoothly. It’s especially satisfying when we can point to our output: “I wrote these ten pages/folded these three loads of laundry/finally won the battle royale.”
But sometimes, it’s not that clear-cut. We brainstorm for an hour but none of the ideas quite click. We exercise and eat right for an entire week and our clothes fit the same. We spend half a day waiting at the doctor’s office for an appointment that resolves nothing.
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