“It’s like brains get wired differently over time.” – Elizabeth Warren [Commenting on the evolving and often contradictory regulations for major financial institutions] In fact, life is nothing if it’s not about “getting wired differently over time”. We start out with a very small window on the world and with only nominally imprinted neuroplasm. Then we…
“It sounds somewhat ridiculous to say that one of the problems we face … is that we haven’t learned how to spend free time in a sensible way … whether America succeeds as a civilization will depend on the way we use free time.” – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in “Finding Flow”, p. 64 Meanwhile, capitalizing on all the “Free…
Life is hard. Most of us don’t realize either how insulated we are from life’s hardness or how fragile that insulation is. Consider the plight of a young, single black mother of three children under the age of 10 Consider losing your job when jobs are scarce Consider receiving a diagnosis of cancer Consider…
People all over the world are risking their lives, sacrificing their lifetime savings, and going severely in debt to get half a shot at achieving the American Dream. Of course, you’re already there, and, for the most part, you’re already living the American Dream, so there’s no sense of urgency on your part to incur…
To begin this presentation, I’m going to show you two sides of a coin that will reliably predict your future. Fair warning: It’s not going to be pretty, but you’ll enter the next phase of your life a lot better prepared for what’s coming. So here goes … The first side of the coin – and this may come…