Thoughts on Being Better
We are one, but we are many And from all the lands on Earth we come." Bruce Woodley & Dobe Newton AJ Jacobs has a lot of cousins, and the number keeps growing. He's the man behind the Global Family Reunion, aiming to break … [Continue reading]
2014 was a breakout year for podcasts. Serial quickly became the most downloaded podcast of all time, and the podcast app became a native app on iPhones and other Apple devices for the first time in iOS 8. The number of new podcasts is exploding, … [Continue reading]
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." Dalai Lama Cultivating compassion is one of the few things that can have a lasting impact on long-term happiness.Lucky for us, research has … [Continue reading]
It's not easy to ask. Asking makes you vulnerable. Asking opens you up to rejection, to ridicule, the possibility of failure, of being a burden to others. Asking invites shame. But asking also builds connections. Asking is honest, authentic, an … [Continue reading]
We tend to overestimate what we can do in a day or week and underestimate what we can do in a year. Anyone who isn't embarrassed by who they were last year probably isn't learning enough." Alain de Botton The end of the year is a convenient - if … [Continue reading]