We spend our lives stuck in a single frame. You may not remember the old movie projectors, the ones that ran a strip of film in front of a bright light to project the moving image onto the screen. The little ones I watched in grade school in the 80s (that were twenty or so […]
Megan Washington: Why I live in mortal dread of public speaking | Talk Video | TED.com Megan Washington took her stutter to the TED stage. Try to imagine the kind of courage that takes. Ms. Washington isn’t what you’d call a superstar–I had heard her name before I heard her TED talk, but I hadn’t […]
Some people love where they work. They love what they do and who they work with. They love their bosses, their projects, and their customers. What they make matters less to them than it does to you–not because they make more, but because they feel more fulfilled by their work. Many of these folks make […]
A great marriage, like a great relationship of any kind, starts with communication. Communication, contrary to what most of us believe, starts with listening–not with talking. And listening, really listening with the intent to understand, starts with courage. How so? Listening is a selfless act; it requires us to let go of our ego, stop […]
Most news outlets are not here to bring you the news. They’re here to sell your attention to their advertisers. The news, just like every other channel on your TV, is for-profit programming. That means they have to bring in more from sponsorships than they pay for programming. The advertisers, in turn, have to bring […]
BBC News – Malala and Kailash Satyarthi win Nobel Peace Prize. Changing the world patiently, peacefully, without threat or coercion, may be the ultimate expression of courage. Especially when those who oppose the change you seek are anything but peaceful. Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani teenager who was shot by the Taliban two years ago for […]
I heard about this one on a podcast recently. Unfortunately, I can’t remember whose podcast or which episode–I listen to several episodes of a number of podcasts every day, and I’m not very good about taking notes–but the principle stuck with me. You may have heard of this principle already. It’s the cure to a […]
If you live in the U.S. today, or in most of the developed world to a lesser extent, you live in a culture obsessed with health. Obsessed with thinking about health, that is. Those who actually do something about it are still in the minority. Why is that? I don’t think it’s any more complex […]
This is the article I started to write on Monday. But that article turned into something else, and I went with it (that’s the kind of thing you get to do when you aren’t writing for an editor). A few people seemed to like it. What I meant to write was more instructional, less abstract. […]
If I Have Gay Children: Four Promises From A Christian Pastor/Parent | john pavlovitz. Here’s a courageous perspective on alternative sexuality from an unapologetic Christian and parent. If you’re too busy to click the link, or just prefer to TL;DR this sort of thing, I’ll sum it up for you: If it turns out any […]