Inspiration Through Information
Over the past few years I have been remiss in updating this site. It’s terribly out of date, needs an aesthetic refresh, and generally needs some love and care which I plan to do soon. In the meantime, check out what is here, but you can also find my writings, social media, and ways to […]
My friends and followers know that I am actively engaged in the upcoming November election. I am often asked what specific actions I am taking and what organizations working on the election I support. So, I decided to write an article on Medium about it, Here is what I am doing to save our country […]
For a long time, many of my fellow writer friends have strongly encouraged me to start a Patreon account. I have finally done so. It is not a big secret that writers usually do not make a lot of money from their writing. Even with a couple of successful books to my name and a […]
I have concluded that there is no goal attainment system that always works. None of them. You must adapt weekly, daily, hourly to the factors at hand and repeatedly decide in the moment what direction or action you’re going to take. Only being in the present moment and making all the best micro decisions will […]
I’ve been writing elsewhere a lot and not keeping up with this blog, but amid the COVID-19 crisis perhaps this is a good time to start posting here again. One of the things I’ve started to do to maintain my sanity and physical fitness is to do yoga every day as I’m sheltered in place […]
Informal learning is a concept that is quickly taking hold in companies and organizations everywhere. No surprise. Such learning often produces as good or better results than more formal training programs and at a fraction of the cost. But as with all trends adopted within large organizations, there can be a tendency to over-complicate matters. […]
This TED talk by Kathryn Schulz is worth watching. So often we push aside our regrets as something to be repressed and not dwelled upon. Perhaps that’s not such a good approach. Maybe we’re supposed to use the information our regrets, and the collective regrets of many, provide us to learn how to live a better life. […]
I think I’m changing the course of my blogging strategy. My original concept when I started blogging was to create a bunch of separate blog sites to correspond to my various interests. Self-education. Exercise and health. Communication skills. And so on. I’m interested in many things and it turns out creating content for and managing […]
One of my blogs, The Art of Self Education, is generating some great traction lately with traffic increasing steadily. Of course I’m pleased. It’s gratifying to see that blog doing so well. Lots of folks have started to consider me an expert in the area of self education. Maybe I am, but only as much […]
I read Sir Ken Robinson’s book, The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything, and loved it. I posted a link to a great TED Q&A session with Robinson on my The Art of Self Education blog. Check it out. It’s great.