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Hey there, and welcome to this week’s Further. We kicked off the beginning of last year touching on design thinking as applied to all aspects of your life. I read Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life over the holidays, so the beginning of 2017 seems like a perfect time to look …
Welcome to the first Further of 2017 — thanks for being here! To kick off the new year, let me tell you about the new category I’m adding to Further. In addition to resources that enhance your health, wealth, and wisdom, we’ll also explore travel. Now, you grammarians out there know that when talking about …
Well, 2016 is almost over — and I’ll be glad to see it go. We lost a lot of great people this year, and maybe a lot more than that. Now more than ever, it’s time to realize that the only things we can control in this crazy world are our actions and perceptions. On …
You’ve heard it before: When you do not have your health, nothing else matters at all. That’s an easy enough thing to agree with. When we’re unhealthy, just getting through the day can be tough. You’re not exactly in the frame of mind to become your best self. That quote has been attributed to many …
Just when I thought my life was back to normal … I’m spending this week serving on a jury in a criminal case. Attorneys generally don’t like for other attorneys (even former ones) to be on their jury, but in this case, neither side booted me. So, it’s been an interesting turn of unplanned events. …
Just when I thought my life was back to normal … I’m spending this week serving on a jury in a criminal case. Attorneys generally don’t like for other attorneys (even former ones) to be on their jury, but in this case, neither side booted me. So, it’s been an interesting turn of unplanned events. …
Viktor Frankl, the psychiatrist who survived a Nazi death camp, wrote the following in his memoir Man’s Search for Meaning: Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. Last week we talked about the power of …
Viktor Frankl, the psychiatrist who survived a Nazi death camp, wrote the following in his memoir Man’s Search for Meaning: Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. Last week we talked about the power of …
You’re likely familiar with the Serenity Prayer: God, grant me serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. The prayer dates back to the 1940s, and is a staple among members of Alcoholics Anonymous and other therapeutic and self-help approaches, notably …
After almost two years of research, reading, and writing Further, I think I’ve got this personal growth thing down. Now, let me qualify that. From an informational standpoint, I know what works when it comes to leading a meaningful life that results in becoming a better version of yourself. This excludes all the “woo woo” …
You hear the quote by Linus Pauling in the graphic above all the time. And yet, the myth of instant inspiration persists. Like Isaac Newton under the apple tree, we expect that one genius idea to strike us out of the blue. Turns out that research backs up what Mr. Pauling said. Psychologist Dean Simonton’s …
Hey there, and welcome to this week’s Further! I’m back from a much-needed vacation, and eager to get this newsletter back on track. Let’s talk a bit about self control. Why is it sometimes so tough to stick with our health and fitness goals, for example, when we’re presented with an opportunity for chocolate cake? …