The purpose of inconvenience is to make large problems manageable.
Nobody Cares What You’re Not Good At
There will only be a few times in your life when a bad trait threatens something important.
There will only be a few times in your life when a bad trait threatens something important.
Trash Can vs. Trash Can’t
Don’t litter — and don’t let big piles of work keep you from carrying away small tasks.
Don’t litter — and don’t let big piles of work keep you from carrying away small tasks.
Shave When Itchy
“Has this task reached the appropriate level of urgency to just do it now?”
“Has this task reached the appropriate level of urgency to just do it now?”
When the Price Goes Up
Think before you complain, and remember: What you pay for is what you get.
Think before you complain, and remember: What you pay for is what you get.
Everyone Has Parents
Everyone has a tribe. A destination. A group of people they will call “home” when they finally find them.
Everyone has a tribe. A destination. A group of people they will call “home” when they finally find them.
Notes on Desire
Don’t crave what you can’t attain but only be given, and don’t resent what you should be able to attain but can’t.
Don’t crave what you can’t attain but only be given, and don’t resent what you should be able to attain but can’t.
Responsibility vs. Manners
Show us your manners and earn our respect.
Show us your manners and earn our respect.
Turn Letdowns Into Leadership
Most of our problems happen in our heads and should be managed there.
Most of our problems happen in our heads and should be managed there.
Make Room for Art
Art is for everyone because it’s a form of human connection.
Art is for everyone because it’s a form of human connection.
Love People, Use Screens
There’s that saying that you should “love people and use things, not the other way around.”
There’s that saying that you should “love people and use things, not the other way around.”
Speak Your Achievements
As a species, we meme our dreams into existence.
As a species, we meme our dreams into existence.
One Year, One Mission, One Focus
If you’re tired of riding the fad carousel, you can get off any time.
If you’re tired of riding the fad carousel, you can get off any time.
Parallel Trains
“You’ve made your choice, and I have made mine."
“You’ve made your choice, and I have made mine.”
Unfiltered: Honest or Stupidity?
Think before you speak and don’t auto-pardon yourself after.
Think before you speak and don’t auto-pardon yourself after.
Who Is the Person Who Hurt You the Most?
We all have skeletons in our closets, and the one we’ve buried deepest carries the very alive face we look at every morning in the mirror.
We all have skeletons in our closets, and the one we’ve buried deepest carries the very alive face we look at every morning in the mirror.