...If you’re anything like me, you always think about the risks that are involved with making a big move in life. And that’s not a surprise. We’re collectively risk-averse. We truly hate risk. I’ve never met someone who said, “I love to lose everything!”...
...“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless, yet be determined to make them otherwise.”...
...Despite years of evidence that starting school later promotes better health and improved grades, too few schools have adopted this measure...
...Now, I’ve recognized that life is always changing and to stop viewing it as a linear path, but instead a continuous series of experiments. There is no longer an end-goal, other than the constant pursuit of learning and minimization of regret...
...When we have the ability to save more, we should save more—and when we don’t, we should save less. We shouldn’t use static, unchanging rules because our finances are rarely static and unchanging...
...If your parents run out of money and you need to support them, it will have a big impact on your own finances...
...Wonderfully simple version of scampi. Had everything except the parsley, but didn’t miss it. Love the bit of heat from the red pepper flakes. Will make again...
...Yup, I was rewarded for surfing more strategically. And for being lazy...
...Because my routines were so optimized, if I was off just a little on the timing, it would throw the entire schedule into disarray...
...Turning 50 can be the time of your life – but it also means adapting to new challenges...
...“You get rid of the thought of competition. You are to create, not to compete for what is already created. You do not have to take anything away from any one.”...
...Here’s what I was learning: secrets are poison. They suck the life out of you, they steal your ability to live in the present, they build walls between you and the people you love...
...Our job as professionals is to show up and do the work. Not simply respond to incoming or do the chores, but to create and innovate...
...Avoid the temptation of distractions. How do you avoid distractions? That’s easier said than done. Sort of like saying, I want to eat healthy and not have anything with sugar...
...The most valuable things you give your children won't cost a cent...
...Don’t hold your breath while waiting for karmic retribution. When it comes to the workplace, no, life isn’t fair...
...The problem is that jumping right to “more” means we fail to consider “less.” Even when less would be a far better choice...
...A new study suggests eccentric contractions may be a more efficient way to build muscle...
...further research has suggested that after people have gained power, they tend to behave like patients with damage to the brain’s orbitofrontal lobes. That is, the experience of wealth and power is akin to removing the part of the brain “critical to empathy and socially appropriate behavior.”...
...A new study on anxiety in JAMA Psychiatry shows a mindfulness program works as well as the popular anti-anxiety medication Lexapro...
