TEDx Talk: Reaching your personal escape velocity
We must make a fundamental change to how we view ourselves—not as the product of our past, but for the potential of our future. Watch Rusty Lindquis…
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International Speech Competition: I’m hungry for bugs
The funny, but insightful story about how we tend to destroy what is most precious to us. A video from an international speech competition.
Find perspective in this surprisingly effective lens for life
FIND PERSPECTIVE IN THIS SURPRISINGLY EFFECTIVE LENS FOR LIFE articles Imagine you’ve been given a garden. It’s your garden, and you’re responsible for its care.…
Stress: A means of propulsion in life
The key to dealing with stress is in your perspective. If you have a strong foundational perspective of yourself—of where you’re going and what yo…
Lock-In: Why so may fail to progress in life
A common decision-making error called "lock-in", which plagues so many people and prevents them from changing paths or moving forward in their lives.
Control vs Influence
If you’re talking about the life or lives of others, control is an illusion; influence is what matters.
Microcosms make you stronger
MICROCOSMS MAKE YOU STRONGER articles As I’ve continued writing my book, Escape Velocity, I keep thinking upon this notion of microcosms. For more on what…
Peaks and valleys
The important thing to remember when you’re in a valley is that you won’t stay there forever. Valleys are temporary, even when they seem to last a…
There is beauty all around
THERE IS BEAUTY ALL AROUND articles Early this morning I was on the way to the gym, when I suddenly turned the corner and stopped…
Seashells and opportunities
Opportunities don’t sit and wait very long. Often, you’ll no sooner spot one worth pursuing than it’s washed away. You have to act fast. You hav…
The Pareto Principle – The easiest way to increase productivity
This single principle can have an exponential impact on how much you get done in life. It's a productivity powerhouse that, once understood, can be a …
The principle of scarcity
In our efforts to achieve greatness, we must be very careful to not forget the value of the things right in front of us. Often a more sound appreciati…
Change your life by changing your thoughts
The more positive you think, the more positive you feel. The more positive you think and feel, the more inclined and motivated you are to act, create,…
Sacrifice is hard
sacrifices are in no way independently substantial, but in accumulation begin to carry some weight, and there’ve already been tears shed.
Rededication, overcoming entropy in your personal life
I love... the turn of the new year, largely because we take the opportunity to reevaluate our lives, assess where we've been, and plan where we're goi…
To teach or not to teach
You never know when the lives of those who hear you will be divinely aligned in just the right way to prepare them for what you have to say.
Abundance Mentality – an undiminishable reserve
Some people seem to have a particular mindset, often called Abundance Mentality. It’s as though they feel like there’s an undiminishable reserve a…
Our children cannot breathe
We’re surrounded by pollutants to our mind and our emotions as much as to our health. Each of these makes it difficult for us to breathe the sweet f…
It is what you make of it
IT IS WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT articles Once upon a time, there was a child whose father gave him a set of blocks and…
Cycle Time – the power of frequency
Cycle Time – the power of frequency In software development, there’s a term called “cycle time,” or the amount of time between one event and…
