Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
(click on book cover for more details) Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals Published: August 2021 ISBN-10: 0374159122 EP Rating: 5 out of 5 (must read) EP Main [...]
What’s the big deal? (Relationship Quick Tip #1)
In any relationship, personal or professional, whenever you hear yourself saying or thinking, "What's the big deal?" pause and take whatever you've just dismissed seriously. Something that's not a big deal to you is likely [...]
When you’re finding it tough to get up in the mornings …
consider ... getting more sleep? But of course, your hesitancy to start your day is likely more involved than getting more sleep. I've been re-reading Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (free MIT version) and the following [...]
The Power of Acceptance
At the start of this year, I began reading Leo Tolstoy's daily devotional, A Calendar of Wisdom. I found today's entry particularly apt for these trying times: "We would think a man insane who, instead [...]
How we get in each other’s way without even knowing it
As I was eating breakfast this morning, I watched my son, Jake, drag the kitchen chair across our wooden floor from our dining table to the counter. “Stop dragging the chair Jake!!” He's been doing [...]
Mindwise by Nicholas Epley
(click on book cover for more details) Mindwise: Why We Misunderstand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want Published: January 2015 ISBN-10: 30774356X EP Rating: 5 out of 5 (must read) [...]
Why it’s so hard to be patient when teaching our kids (or those close to us)
With schools closed in my area because of the COVID-19 pandemic, my wife and I suddenly find ourselves becoming ad-hoc teachers to our kids. Despite training and coaching others for a living and rarely losing [...]
10 Ways to Be Happier When You’re Feeling Just Fine
Recently, I’ve been on a steady diet of books, podcasts, and documentaries related to happiness. This topic piqued my interest ever since I read about the field of positive psychology in Flourish by Martin Seligman [...]
