Inspiration Through Information
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. […]
My father is an amazing man. An amazing father to me, an amazing husband to my mother, an amazing man to everyone. I am lucky and honored to have been birthed and raised by such a fine person. Dad, you taught me well and this series of posts is my documentation of what you taught […]
Our current education system in this country, and in much of the industrialized world, needs a complete rework in order to be relevant to the modern era we live in. A friend made me aware of this great animated version of a presentation by the amazing Sir Ken Robinson. I encourage you to take the […]
This is a chapter of a writing experiment I’m undertaking for what I hope will be a novel someday. I know the basic premise, the title, and a few things about the main character. The rest is being written without much of a plan. The book started with this post. You can click on The […]
With the exception of a few screenplays and short stories, my writing has always been focused on nonfiction. I don’t see that changing overall, but I have been curious to see if I might enjoy writing more fiction. I know that I tend to prefer my writing efforts to be in small chunks, which is […]
I just finished reading Hugh MacLeod’s Ignore Everybody: And 39 Other Keys to Creativity. Great book. It’s a quick read that doles out brilliant advice on how to best be creative, but much of the advice is actually applicable to life in general. A theme that resonates throughout the entire 39 chunks of wisdom is […]
I ran across a great new learning resource, ScienceDump. ScienceDump is host to many short, interesting and inspiring science videos and documentaries. You can also view the content on some mobile devices using one of their apps. There are hundreds of videos in approximately 20 categories such as biology, design, math and philosophy. This site […]
Anyone who knows me knows that I love quotes and aphorisms. I collect them. So I really enjoyed stumbling across this quote by John Rohn in the book My Philosophy for Successful Living. “…formal education gets you a job, but self-education is what makes you rich! The importance of self-education and investing in your own […]
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 […]
Yesterday I posted Do It To Do It on my LifeMaximo blog. As I was reading Joe Robinson’s book Don’t Miss Your Life: Find More Joy and Fulfillment Now I had a small personal epiphany that I need more engaged (not passive) leisure in my life. Check out the post and let me know what […]