Disrupting the Rabblement

Most people use e-mail ineffectively. Research I just made up shows that ineffective e-mail usages costs the average person 14,000 hours and $6 billion per year. Thankfully, I know a few tips and tricks which help save me from such atrocity. Here they are, in no particular order… 1. Number your points If you have [...]

“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald In his Road Less Traveled trilogy, M. Soctt Peck writes a lot about paradox, making the point repeatedly that the acceptance of paradox [...]

So it occurs to me that I’m well familiar with the concept of lifestyle design and I’m getting increasingly connected with the LD community online, but not many of my real-life friends actually know what the hell lifestyle design is all about. So this one’s for you guys. Origins The term lifestyle design was coined [...]

I recently read some good advice from James Oliver in his book Affluenza. The book examines the curious phenomenon of people nowadays having more wealth and opportunity than ever, yet suffering from ever-increasing levels of emotional distress; the more Americanized a culture becomes, the more likely its inhabitants are to suffer from depression. Oliver recommends [...]

Ah yes, nothing like the image of your cold, dead self in a wooden box to get you feeling mighty… but bear with me here… There’s a powerful exercise in Stephen Covey’s book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, in which he asks you to visualize your own funeral. Picture three people getting up [...]