We all have plenty of crap in our lives. Maybe we’ve been fired from our job, or we don’t like our job, or we don’t like our boss. Maybe a friend has died, or a family member, or a pet. Maybe our marriage is in trouble. Maybe our marriage has failed, or we can’t find […]
This post by Dr. Kelly Flanagan on his excellent blog Untangled got me thinking. He does a fantastic job describing where our online outrage comes from, and goes on to describe how we might be able to get over it and start having productive conversations. It’s a topic that’s been on my mind recently. Online […]
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 […]
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 […]
A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. – John Augustus Shedd, from here Most of us build our lives around what is safe and comfortable. A daily routine. A familiar route to work. We wake up at the same time, eat the same thing for breakfast, get […]