I can’t control whether anybody reads this blog. I can’t control whether you tell anybody about this post after you read it. I can’t make anybody buy my book, and I can’t ensure anybody will like it even if they do. I can’t force a publisher to take on the book I’m working on right […]
We hate not knowing. We hate being wrong. We hate uncertainty. Fortunately, our technology gives us a level of control over our lives no other humans have had in history. We can control our schedules down to the minute. We can control the food that goes into our bodies–where it comes from, how it’s stored, […]
Some of us have a hard time controlling our tempers. We’ve all seen it: a friendly conversation turns into a mild disagreement, and one participant seems to lose all sense of perspective. A man might become visibly angry, might raise his voice, might adopt a threatening posture. A woman might become irate and start shaking […]
So many of us spend our lives careening from one crisis to another, never taking the difficult step of assuming control of our own lives. How much better might our lives be if we could shift our focus from who’s to blame to what can I do? Goals Status: Marathon: On Track. I’ll do four […]
We have more control over our lives today than ever in human history. We live in heated and cooled homes with reliable electricity and water, we drive cars that allow us to travel in almost any conditions to obtain food from stores that are constantly stocked with anything we might want, we have high-tech clothing […]