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Falling in love has been called a socially acceptable form of insanity. It’s also been called the most prudent form of accident in our lives. But that’s the beauty of it. The fact that you can’t make love happen by going out and looking for it is what makes it so special. It’s called falling in love because falling is an activity that you can’t do on purpose. For…

Normal is the most relative term in the dictionary. Take childhood. If everyone beats you up in your house, you grow up thinking that’s how houses are. Your frame of reference simply doesn’t know any better. It’s only when you go out into the world that you realize, holy shit, not everybody’s youth was chaotic like mine. Similarly, if everyone loves and respects you as a kid, you might…

Not everyone will be able to relate to your happiness. Certain people will treat your desires with disgust and rejection. Some might even resent the shit out of you because you have the nerve to actual enjoy things. It’s the strangest reaction. Who knew that being fulfilled would be such an affront to people’s soul? The key is not getting sucked into the vortex. Because there will definitely be…

What if everyone we met was just as human as we were? What if we were all just wounded animals trying to heal ourselves as we sit alone in dark corners? What if people deserved to be treated with dignity, regardless of their current circumstances? What if every individual you engaged with was just a brokenhearted warrior striving to be a little bit better each day? There’s no way…

In client services, marketing often becomes the abandoned stepchild. It’s the nature of working at an agency. Non billable hours tend to be shoved aside in favor of real project time. They simply aren’t treated with the urgency and importance of client work. That’s the account manager mindset. If it’s not revenue generating, then it won’t make it to the top of their list of things to do. And…

You know that moment when your brain starts pumping a cocktail of stress hormones into your bloodstream, and you begin to doubt your own thoughts, feelings, choices and desires? It’s such a shitty place to be. Losing trust in your own judgment is one of those cruel tricks the mind plays on us. Feels like a betrayal. Like you’ve been mentally hijacked. My friend of has obsessive compulsive disorder,…

Macgyver’s most memorable episode was when he was hanging out of car going eighty miles an hour, by his foot, while the communists chased him to the border with guns and army trucks. His task, of course, was to transfer the power steering fluid into the brake cylinder before the car crashed into the fence and killed everybody. Pretty standard day at work for that guy. But even though…

Sometimes something alien arrives and throws your whole paradigm out of whack. Could be a piece of art, an email from a customer, or a simple conversation with a friend or family member. But whatever that alien thing is, it swoops in and totally shifts the lens through which you view everything familiar. You see yourself through a new set of eyes, possibly not even yours. And the scary…

Optimism doesn’t increase our success, but it does increase our field of vision, which is what allows us to better notice and build upon the opportunities that lead to success. Cynicism, on the other hand, narrows our vision. The reason it doesn’t seem to make anything better because we’re not in the mindset of looking for ways to make them better. It builds negative momentum, which only makes us…

Mayo published a study about the comparative relevance of physical fitness on life expectancy. Nearly half a million people were surveyed, and they found that fast walking participants lived longer than those who walked at a slower pace. Turns out, if you want be around longer, try speeding it up while you’re on a stroll. Who knew that walking a little faster might add years to your life? Personally, I’d like…