Not long ago I was eating a meal at the table of a friend together with his newly married son and wife.  Partway thru the meal I realized there was something different about the interaction at the table but couldn’t quite put my finger on what it was.

Later, in thinking it over, I realized [...]

It is an interesting mental exercise to consider what you might do if you were stranded in a vast desert.  Depending on the kind of person one is, I think there are three general responses:

Make an effort to find your way out but give up fairly early in the process with a “this is [...]

Most people thinking about making progress with skill building or knowledge acquisition probably expect to see a progressive arc of evolution that increasingly builds on previous knowledge or skills.  I learn concept 1, then 2, then 3 etc.  I am able to get to 3 because of the knowledge I gained in 2 which I [...]

It’s fairly important to develop an accurate awareness of the source from which another individual is interfacing with you.   For example, if your colleague Bob says something to you, feeling that you are clear it was said from a mean-spirited place will trigger response A (say a response that allows you to defend yourself) whereas [...]

I’ve been messing around with Bikram Yoga recently.  For those not familiar with it, it is a brand of yoga that is done at 105 degrees Farenheit and 40% humidity.  The class is a set of 26 yoga postures, many of which are seriously challenging.  Basically, it’s 90 minutes of sweating from places [...]

Not long ago my wife and I were discussing her frustration in trying to find time in her hectic schedule to exercise.  I spent a bunch of time encouraging her to shuffle some things around to make sure she had time to exercise, but given all of the hectic pulls of raising small children while [...]