Inspiration Through Information
We all make mistakes. Nothing we do is perfect. That’s how life is supposed to be. If we ever achieved perfection in all aspects of life we’d be very unhappy. Much of our joy in life, whether we realize it or not, comes from learning, from improving, from fine tuning this wonderful journey we’re all […]
A while back I stumbled upon an amazing website, a website I can honestly and without doubt say is my absolute favorite website, ever. The site is TED (TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design). Begun in 1984, TED is an annual conference, held in Long Beach, California, that initially brought together people from the worlds […]
As many readers of this blog know, TED is my favorite website. I’ve sent my readers to that site to view many of the short talks given by some of the world’s most brilliant and inspiring people. Well, now I’m sending you to one of their blog postings. It was the first in TED’s series […]
Everyone who reads my blog or listens to me talk knows I value education. Yes, admittedly I err on the side of promoting self-education and its variations because I feel such options are not positioned often enough as viable alternatives to higher education. But education is the thing and however one attains it in ways […]
A while back I posted an entry here titled Do It To Do It regarding Joe Robinson’s book Don’t Miss Your Life: Find More Joy and Fulfillment Now. I was recently re-reading the book and was struck by how often the author mentioned lifelong learning as an important component of a happy and fulfilled life. In fact, […]
If you’re like me, you’ve read and studied a gazillion different personal and professional productivity approaches offered by countless experts, or supposed experts, in the field. And if you’re also like me, most of them don’t work. Or at least they don’t work exactly as described. Why? Because everyone is unique and therefore everyone’s approach […]
I have been a lifelong consumer of self-improvement (personal development) information. In an effort to continually improve myself I’ve read books, watched videos and DVD’s, participated in discussion groups and seminars, reflected on spiritual and philosophical teachings, attempted to practice what I have learned, researched the internet, and thought long and hard about how to […]
The World in a Phrase: A Brief History of the Aphorism By James Geary Published by Bloomsbury USA Quotes and aphorisms have always fascinated me. There’s something compelling about short, concise wisdom that packs a punch that longer prose might not. For those people like me who worship these forms of writing, I urge you […]
Some time ago I posed this question to my network of Facebook friends: If you were asked to share with others one gem of wisdom or knowledge you possess, what would it be? Here are their responses. In the interest of not attributing the quotes to anyone who might not want their names published here, […]
This video utilizing a recording of the late Alan Watts is brilliant. It highlights something that I’ve been talking and writing about for quite some time. Our entire educational system is based on the constant grading (ranking) of individuals while at the same time dangling the carrot of supposed “success” in front of the students as […]