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I have a confession to make. For as long as I can remember, I’ve chewed my fingernails. It started as a nervous habit when I was young, and then morphed into an undesirable grooming ritual. In other words, I became so skilled at chewing my nails that I could trim them with my teeth and …
Peter Drucker once said: I have been saying for many years that we are using the word ‘guru’ only because ‘charlatan’ is too long to fit into a headline. That’s hilarious, but it was too long to fit on the graphic, so I made a modified shorter version. 🙂 I think it was the whole …
This World Series is killing me. I’m not even a huge baseball fan, but I did grow up in Houston with the Astros. The other aspect of these games is that they’re amazing. The commitment to excellence on display by both teams is impressive, to say the least. What about we mere mortals? Is excellence …
The attainment of excellence is a common goal among growth-oriented people. To have the ability to perform a skill at a much higher level than others is alluring. The skill can be anything: Knitting, running, content marketing, theoretical physics. Too often, though, we leave excellence at the “that would be nice” stage instead of truly …
Hello there, fellow Furtherite! Hmmm … not sure if that’s a good way to refer to you, but I’ll try most things at least once. First off, you’ll notice that Further has a new logo, and also a brand new site design that you can take a look at — here’s the new home page.
Hello there, fellow Furtherite! Hmmm … not sure if that’s a good way to refer to you, but I’ll try most things at least once. First off, you’ll notice that Further has a new logo, and also a brand new site design that you can take a look at — here’s the new home page.
Advances in medicine and technology over the past century may provide the foundation for significantly extended human lifespans. But what will the quality of that extended life be like? That’s the question posed by one of our ten resources this week. And beyond the optimistic answer, there’s a simple way to make sure you’re still …
This week’s Further is brought to you from 36,000 feet above the Atlantic. Well, actually I’m writing this in Rome, about to head to the airport. So while you’re reading this, I’m hopefully above the Atlantic. In other words, I’ve got to run. Check out this week’s selections for good stuff on smarter food choices, …
The taxi pulled up on the opposite side of the street. I handed the driver 10 euros, and hauled my backpack out of the car. Then I turned to my left and looked up. There it was, towering magnificently above me. Basílica de la Sagrada Família, architect Antoni Gaudí’s magnum opus in Barcelona. Construction began …
¡Hola desde Barcelona! If one thing this trip to Spain has established, it’s that my Spanish is worse than I thought. I even had to use Google Translate to recall what the “from” in “Hello from Barcelona” was. Otherwise, things are wonderful here. I got past the obligatory two days of jet lag, which was …
I’m in a mad scramble to get everything done this week. That’s because I’m heading to Europe on Friday to celebrate my 50th birthday, plus get in a vacation with my family. Barcelona is up first, where I’ll spend a week on my own before meeting the fam on the Greek island of Mykonos. Then …
I’ve been re-reading The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life an Business this week. It’s fascinating to understand what happens in our brains (specifically the basal ganglia) when a habit is formed. Much like judgmental heuristics that prompt us to take mental shortcuts when making decisions, habits allow our brains …