It doesn't get much deeper or more comprehensive than Leo Tolstoy's "A Calendar of Wisdom." The book is meant to be read one day at a time for the 365 days of the calendar year. Each day is loosely organized around a theme (although the theme is …
Stream of Consciousness: Is Death the Best Invention of Life?
This is a new premium series called Stream of Consciousness. Most of the time, I go deep into a concept or book, synthesize what I learn, and then summarize it for you. Often times, we must go deep to reach a sufficient level of understanding and …
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How to Adjust your Unconscious Default Setting with “This is Water” by David Foster Wallace (+ Infographic)
The majority of people in the audience of David Foster Wallace's This is Water speech at Kenyon College in 2005 didn't understand what he was talking about. This is evidenced by their laughter and applause a few times throughout the speech. To …
Stream of Consciousness: Can you be Selfish AND Save the World?
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Self-Actualization Synthesis: How to be a Healthy Self-Actualizer (+ 2 Infographics)
What does it look like to reach the highest levels of humanness? Or, in Maslow's hierarchy of needs, self-actualization and transcendence? Could it provide a theoretical blueprint for the rest of us? This is the first of two posts that will …
Transcendence Synthesis: How to be a Self-Actualizing Transcender (+ Infographic)
What does it look like to reach the highest levels of humanness? Or, in Maslow's hierarchy of needs, self-actualization and transcendence? Could it provide a theoretical blueprint for the rest of us? This is the second of two posts that will …