Idea
I hate problems. Not everyone feels the same.
Author Thomas C Corley spent five years researching the daily habits of wealthy people, and he found that they they avoid one type of person at all costs: Pessimists. “Self-made millionaires are very particular about who they associate with,” Corley writes in his book, Change Your Habits, Change Your Life. “You are only as successful as those…
Read MoreNever call it a “side hustle.”
I have long been an advocate of dedicating a small percentage of your free time to developing your next possible career. Whether this is painting or poetry or poker, you should be pursuing an interest that has the potential (however unlikely) to become a future career. This is not to say that there is anything…
Read MoreThe eclipse was underwhelming and a little boring. I wish it happened more often.
I was prepared to be underwhelmed by the eclipse. As infrequent as these things may be, a briefly, slightly darker version of the world for a short period of time did not strike me as warranting the hype. In stark contrast to my cynicism, Elysha hosted an eclipse party. Four other families brought their children…
Read MoreThe ineffectiveness of signage
A rule of signage that people don’t seem to understand: Signs only work on people who obey signs. I worked with teachers this summer who wanted to hang signs on campus to enforce rules that they already had the power to enforce. Parents who were visiting the school weren’t adhering to the limitations outlined during…
Read MoreThoughts on hiring
I think we should hire people for any and all jobs using the following procedure: 1. Interview the last five people who served the candidate in a restaurant. Inquire about how the candidate treated them over the course of the meal. 2. Interview the candidate. Ask the following questions: Please explain the Bill of Rights…
Read MoreNot unisex. Omnisex.
Like me, my friend, Charles, agrees with the implementation of unisex restrooms but makes an excellent point about the naming of these spaces. Shouldn’t they be called omni-sex restrooms? “Uni” is a prefix meaning “one, or having or consisting of one. “Omni” is a prefix meaning “all, of all things.” He’s right. A unisex restroom…
Read MoreThere are six seasons. Not four.
Kurt Vonnegut proposed a restructuring of the seasons that I like a lot. January and February: WinterMarch and April: UnlockingMay and June: SpringJuly and August: SummerSeptember and October: FallNovember and December: Locking Vonnegut argued that March and April never really exemplify spring. It’s still cold. The grass is brown. Trees aren’t yet budding, and winter…
Read MoreFill your life with young people
Yesterday I mentioned that someone on Facebook recently asked his friends when they knew that they were old. It was an annoying answer, I know, but I responded by saying that I still feel young. As young as I felt 20 years ago. Truly. I wrote yesterday about the importance of aggressively trying new things…
Read MoreSharing your vacation photos is lovely, but how about some wisdom and insight to go along with it?
On Thursday night I had one of those nights at a Moth StorySLAM where two sets of judges thought I did quite well and awarded me high scores, but the third judging team disagreed severely (earning a rarely heard chorus of boos from the audience), thus ruining my chances at winning. Always frustrating. I’ve been…
Read MoreThe law of choice in dating (and a call for the end of tribalism)
I’ve been thinking about how tribalism can be so limiting when it comes to finding and choosing the right spouse. When you choose to be inclusive to a particular sex, religion, race, nationality, or socio-economic status, you eliminate vast swaths of human beings from your dating pool. I don’t think this is good. The…
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