I thoroughly enjoyed Leo Tolstoy's A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Selected from the World's Sacred Texts (Amazon). The book is meant to be read one day at a time for the 365 days of the calendar year. Each …
How to Live a Wise Life with “A Calendar of Wisdom” by Leo Tolstoy (+ Infographic)
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 …
“Call me Trim Tab” — Buckminster Fuller & The Impact of an Individual on Society
What in the world is a trim tab? This little thing called a trim tab is so important that the official Buckminster Fuller Institute named their digital news service after it, and it's even on Buckminster Fuller's tombstone: Source: …
The Law of Progressive Simplification: Real Progress is Spiritual (Internal) vs Material (External)
This post introduces a couple concepts from Arnold Toynbee and Buckminster Fuller that may appear like big, confusing words. But, don't let the terminology make you jump ship on this article! The key is to understand what the concepts mean beyond …
50+ Deep Perspectives on Humanity’s Underlying & Ultimate Challenge (Hint: Ourselves)
All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.— Blaise Pascal For awhile now, I've been saving perspectives on humanity's underlying and ultimate challenges. Some of these viewpoints are explicitly …
I Searched “Life Purpose” and Read 100+ Articles (Literally). Here are the Highlights for a Meaningful Life.
Why study 15 years of our lives, work 80,000 hours, and then reproduce so the next generation can do it all over again if we don’t even know why we’re doing it? There’s got to be a greater purpose, right?— Maria Stenvinkel, FinerMinds …
