The Middle Path of Planning and Reflection
Thinking about the future or past is an important practice, but we must be careful to not to take either too far. Buddhists call this the Middle Way or the Middle Path. Taking a...
On Giving Advice
A friend of mine, Arvind, writes a blog called “myotherramblings.” It’s a place where he can write about anything he’d like to. Recently he wrote a post on The Dark Side of Advi...
Mind Map Your Life
Recently there have been a lot of things going on in my life. So many that I started to find it difficult to keep track of everything. I needed a way to organize my thoughts so ...
Delight in the Details
In trying to understand something we can often fall into a pattern of mapping the new thing to something we already know. This is a great way to get a foundation for understandi...
Getting Back Up
Habits are important, but restarting is more important. You will forget to work out, fail at your diet, upset a friend or coworker, or make a million other mistakes.
Max Out vs. Continuous Development
There’s a mental difference between thinking that something can be maxed out versus being constantly improved and developed. If something can be maxed out there is an end. This ...
Mental Diet and Exercise
Recently I noticed an old pair of pants were a little tighter than I remembered them being. It was easy for me to jump to the conclusion that I either needed to accept my new fo...
Specialize or Do Not Specialize
In my industry I’ve found that you can be successful by committing to being a specialist or by committing not to specialize. People stumble, struggle, fail, or get burned out wh...