Close it deliberately, and close it often.
When There’s a Violin Playing
Appreciation isn’t about the volume of the music or how long the song lasts.
Appreciation isn’t about the volume of the music or how long the song lasts.
What Are You Doing Next Month?
It can be downright scary.
It can be downright scary.
The Upside of Fickleness
Fickleness is potential
Fickleness is potential
Don’t Cheat Where You Care
Don’t let lesser passions get in the way, but don’t cheat where you care.
Don’t let lesser passions get in the way, but don’t cheat where you care.
Small Miracles: Beans From Nicaragua
Stop and smell the roses. Muse about where they came from, and cherish their arrival in your life.
Stop and smell the roses. Muse about where they came from, and cherish their arrival in your life.
The Right Minute
This minute, the right minute, can happen anytime.
This minute, the right minute, can happen anytime.
Risk the Awkward for the Amazing
Be courageous.
Be courageous.
Thrash in Private
One of the downsides of being a creator is that you’ll leave behind a trail of dead bodies — bodies of failed projects.
One of the downsides of being a creator is that you’ll leave behind a trail of dead bodies — bodies of failed projects.
When You’re Tired of Starting Over
Compound interest works almost anywhere, but it only works if you stay put.
Compound interest works almost anywhere, but it only works if you stay put.
Everybody Sees Through Their Own Eyes
Your perspective may only be one of billions, but that’s exactly what makes it valuable.
Your perspective may only be one of billions, but that’s exactly what makes it valuable.
Activation Energy
We have a lifetime to figure out what activates us — but only one life to do everything we want to feel active for.
We have a lifetime to figure out what activates us — but only one life to do everything we want to feel active for.
Weeds Are Just a Different Plant
Most change only deserves our observation, not our interference.
Most change only deserves our observation, not our interference.
Culture Translation
Don’t ask “What the hell?!” Ask “Why?”
Don’t ask “What the hell?!” Ask “Why?”
After the Rain
Sometimes, you need a problem only to remember how good it feels to not have it.
Sometimes, you need a problem only to remember how good it feels to not have it.
The Urgency of Being Young
You can’t understand what a nine-year-old cares about without seeing the world through a nine-year-old’s eyes.
You can’t understand what a nine-year-old cares about without seeing the world through a nine-year-old’s eyes.