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Movies are necessary to the world because they distract us from our daily struggles.  For those precious two hours, we get to sit back, forget about the tragedy of the impermanence of everyday life and just be entertained.  What’s not to like? Pass the cheddar corn and let’s watch some buff men in spandex fake punch each other.  But that time is finite. It’s not life, it’s break from…

There isn’t a job description on the planet that doesn’t include the words detail oriented.  Human resource managers have apparently decided that this is the most important trait for a potential team member to possess. To the point that they are scared of being fired themselves for not including this trait on the application.  And yet, what would be more far more useful and interesting is finding out how…

Hendricks writes that the secret to raising our consciousness is approaching life as a learning project, not a healing one.  Instead of presuming that something was wrong with us, we simply accepted that there were things we could learn to make our life better.  This certainly takes the pressure off. A learning paradigm is much more compassionate and peaceful than embarking on a relentless quest to fix ourselves.  One…

To publish is to make something publicly known.  It is a privilege, a responsibility an act of courage, an expression of vulnerability and a formidable business strategy.  But when we are young, new and scared, publishing can also be a highly intimidating prospect. It can feel like hanging our balls out the window.  No wonder our procrastinatory urges kick in and prevent us from executing.  In my early years of…

Prolific individuals make things happen instead of waiting for them to happen.  We act of our own volition without needing guidance or oversight, without requiring expectations to be agreed upon, and without waiting for instructions to product.  In short, we just hire ourselves and get to work.  One of the best micro practices for becoming more prolific is to take the initiative where we are, not where we are…

Nobody is standing in the way of our ability to create value.  If we walk into a room and make everybody feel validated, like they are about to make a very good decision in hiring us, then it’s only a matter of time before we get to yes.  My screenwriter friend once gave me a titillating piece of advice about pitching any new business venture. He said, whether you…

Some people refuse to go along with anything they don’t believe in.  They are constitutionally unwilling to compromise, and will not negotiate their moral integrity under any circumstance.  This is a noble and admirable trait. These people should one hundred percent be congratulated on having, meeting and holding their own high standards.  But this also does not mean compromise is an unforgivable flaw of character.  Quite the opposite, in fact….

Every day we need to do things as ways to feel good, even if we don’t feel bad.  It’s like having an existential insurance policy.  Instead of waiting until we are sad and lonely and in need, we get out in front of the hopelessness and nip it in the bud. We continuously contribute to our personal savings account of meaning. Trusting that the funds will be available whenever…

Life does not have to be a heart wrenching struggle to discover some tiny fragment of meaning.  Even if we feel helplessly trapped within the bleak prison of shattered dreams and blasted hopes, working soul crushing, mind numbing jobs devoid of any upward mobility, there is still a way to lift things up so that they rise to a place of significance.  Remember, meaning is a decision, not a…

All of our cumbersome ideas about what we require to start, all of our postponements and excuses for our lack of creative discipline, and all of our waiting around until we have things tidily wrapped and packaged to finish, these are just a few of the obstacles that we set up for ourselves.  It’s another classic case of complexity being attractive because it feels like progress.  But the irony…