Six Kinds of Focus
I just finished listening to Alex Epstein's podcast, The Human Flourishing Project: 6 kinds of focus. In it, he outlines a framework for focusing on various areas of your life…
Emotional, psychological, and social well being
According to mental health experts, flourishing "...is a state where people experience positive emotions, positive psychological functioning and positive social functioning, most of the time. In more philosophical terms this…
Fasting for fun and profit
Scientist Ray Cronise fasted for 22 days. No food, just water. Yet, when you watch this interview below with him, he doesn't look starved. He seems cognoscente, capable, and according…
Tips for surviving unemployment during a pandemic
As unemployment races to highs never seen since the great depression, many workers are struggling to find a way to rejoin the work force. Are you one of them? How…
Pandemics and False Alternatives
Can an either/or choice ever be wrong? Yes! When the choice is not truly either/or but we pretend it is. When done, we create a fallacy called a "false alternative".…
Coronavirus: Should we panic or is it overblown? Why accuracy matters.
First detected in December 2019, almost 4000 people have died from the novel coronavirus, COVID-19 (as of March 12, 2020). While it started in China, it is currently hitting South…
New Year, New Habits
Much of our life is managed by automation. Not of the computer variety, but of the behavioral variety. Automation of our behavior through habits. We need habits to simplify our…
Lessons Learned from Setting 5 Years Goals
Over the past 10 years, I have completed two sets of 5 year goals, once from 2009 and once form 2014. For the first set of goals, I completely nailed…
Mentorship
I'm at an inflection point. I'm now a mid-career academic. I've been awarded tenure, finished my textbook, and now must decide what direction to take my career. Several options lie…
Dealing with Overload
Over the past year, I've been struggling to keep my head above water. I have over committed - teaching three university classes, finishing my textbook, homeschooling my son, driving my…