Hi there.I was a bartender for a long time and didn't think about grown-uppy things like retirement.Now I'm almost 42 and don't have a lot to show for all the work I've done (and money I've made).You know what would be great? A long life.You know w...

Today I went for a run. This is not normal for me, but it felt good so I started thinking about how to do it more often.Then (of course) I thought about the process that lead me to actually start running. Am I running a marathon soon? No. Did I wa...

YOU TOO???I never thought I would meet a person who also has dreams about phase planning.Oh, whoops, I'm guessing you didn't have a dream about phase planning.Well I did. I know. I'm a monster.The reason I'm so excited about phase planning in proje...

Hi there.Have you ever woken up both excited and terrified of the day you're about to have? It doesn't even to need to be a big day for this to happen. Sometimes even regular days are overwhelming.Exercise, sleep, meditation, journaling, and eating...

Hi there.Have you ever had that moment when someone asked you to do something using all the tools you have bought or built for years, and then you were finally able to say, "Yep, I got you."An assignment you know nobody else could do but you...An ass...

Hi there.Have you ever had a day start that just feels like the world is against you?Today I got a slow start because of whatever, but the act of recovery was more important.No drive.No hustle.No reason to get out of bed.No momentum. This happens to...

Hi there.Last night, my kid coughed every minute on the minute for the last eight hours, then woke up fresh as a flower.Here's our conversation.."Hi Dad, it's wake up time"."Go back to bed kid, you were up all night, and you're sick today.""Time is r...

Hi there.We don't often stop to think about how long we're going to be alive vs. how long we're going to be healthy. Some might see this as moribund, or melancholy, but to me, it helps me put my days into context. What is important, what is not imp...

Hi there.Today I was talking about this amazing system in our brains called the Reticular Activating system. If you've not heard of this, it's like a filter that we can change in our brains that helps us see what we want to see. It's basically a s...

Hi there.Yesterday I was talking about the palace you can build in your mind as a memory device. While that is a cool technique, I was totally wrong in the application. More on that here.Here's something I read about persuasion that I thought was VE...