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On happiness and need

January 18, 2011

Perhaps one of the hardest things for a person to accept is that he or she cannot control the universe. I know we all understand this intellectually, but emotionally it is very difficult to accept. We plan, we act and we experience the effect of those actions on our lives in a way that suggests […]

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At what price?

October 19, 2010

Emerson wrote “Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. Society is a joint-stock company, in which the members agree, for the better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater.” This is the deal we make in order to get […]

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It’s all about soul

October 5, 2010

Say you owned a business that made widgets. In order to produce those widgets you bought a widget-making machine. Pretty smart. Now I’ve got a question for you. Imagine that machine had a knob on it which controlled the quality of your widgets. Turning the knob up or down did not affect your cost. Would […]

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It isn’t ever over

September 12, 2010

A lot of our training and education is steering us the wrong way. Our system is designed to help us successfully navigate a world of milestones. You do well in high school and you get into a good college. And that’s good because if you do well in college you get into a good graduate […]

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Do not seek excellence

March 29, 2010

A few days ago I had an amazing workout. Not because I burned so many calories. Not because I lifted more weight than ever before. But because there were moments of purity in my experience. During those moments some ideas came to me with a clarity that I rarely experience. And though I will do […]

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Why I love innovation

November 13, 2009

Innovation produces many economic benefits. It generates many new products and creature comforts. On those merits alone it ought to be greatly valued. But the truth is that although I enjoy these benefits of innovation, they are not the primary cause of my passion for innovation. The reason I care so much about innovation is […]

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True in the soil vs. True in the heart

November 4, 2009

Some things are true because they just are. They are theoretically sound or necessary such as the proposition that 2+2=4. Or they have been shown to be true through rigorous empirical study. These things are true whether you like them or not. They are true regardless of your personal, political or sexual agenda. They are […]

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No shoes

October 24, 2009

Something wonderful happened to me recently. It seemed too good to be true. And so I started thinking “when will the other shoe drop?” So many of us spend far too much time wondering about when and how life will take a turn for the worse. This isn’t healthy. And it’s counterproductive. Worrying about the […]

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Just because it’s shiny

October 3, 2009

It’s hard to stay on track. First of all, you have to have a track. That’s not so easy. You’ve got to figure out what animates you, makes your heart sing. Basically, you’ve got to find your soul. Having found it, you need to figure out how to create a life around it. How to […]

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Where are you hiding yourself?

October 1, 2009

There are so many interesting people out there. People who don’t seem like other people. Who are just themselves. I’m not talking about wacky nutjobs who look like Jesus or wear hats made of tinfoil to prevent the aliens from recording their thoughts. I’m talking about “mainstream” people who are just themselves. Who bring a […]

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