“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…
I hate to be the one to tell you this, but everything you need to know about life did NOT accrue to you in kindergarten. And you won’t get it all in high school. For sure, you won’t pick it up on the street, on a bar stool or in a pool hall. And the…