I wrote something before about how most of good parenting comes from your energy level. To put it as short as possible, it’s hard to be a bad parent if you have lots of energy. If you have no energy, being a good parent is hard. Your ideas and philosophy on parenting are much less […]
Yesterday, I took my daughter to a cafe in the evening for some one-on-one time. She had an M&M cookie, and I had an Americano. We sat in the small cafe, which is also a bakery, right next to a cabinet of baked goods. Icing-covered cinnamon buns, passionfruit danishes, and cheese and bacon pastries were […]
I was listening to a podcast a few weeks ago, and the guest on the show used the phrase “embodied understanding” to talk about something he’d learned but was struggling to actually do. Hearing the phrase was like an aha moment for me. It was the right way to describe something I’d been thinking about. […]
I’ve written once before about Chris Arnade’s newsletter about his walks around the world, which is always a fun and interesting read. This weekend, he published one about Japan. It lined up nicely with a workshop I was working on about meaning and purpose in work for Praxis students. When I think about purposeful work, […]
Consistent and sustained progress towards an objective is the way to get results. Everyone seems to know this—it is a principle in children’s stories (tortoise and the hair) and the rhyme “slow and steady wins the race”—but it is not often embodied in our actions. We spend most of our time chasing the high of […]
What are the musts of Maximum energy? The opposite of spending energy is sleep. You must fix your sleep. Energy output today leads to more energy reserves the day after tomorrow. To have high energy, you must be active. The things that give you energy in the short term, will likely cost you energy in […]
One of the greatest gifts I received from my parents was seeing them work on their own business as I grew up. Their sense of proprietorship over their work became my normal. I never heard my father complain about having to go to work. I never heard him talk negatively about his boss. I never […]
Additional thought from Troubled, by Rob Henderson. “I watched students claim that investment banks were emblematic of capitalist oppression, and then discovered that they’d attended recruitment sessions for Goldman Sachs. Gradually, I came to believe that many of these students were broadcasting the belief that such firms were evil in order to undercut their rivals. […]
One of the more valuable new concepts I’ve encountered over the past few years is Rob Henderson’s idea of “luxury beliefs”. As he describes it, luxury beliefs are “ideas and opinions that confer status on the upper class at little cost, while often inflicting costs on the lower classes.” Here are a couple of relevant […]
Today we drove to Todos Santos. After we went to the beach. At the beach, there is a stark divide. Boats, birds, and fishermen. Trendy boutique hotel. Two worlds united on a desolate beach. I picture a shipwrecked man 200 years ago washing up on this beach. Thirsty and disheartened by this barren land. Dust, […]