“Help problem solve the challenges of what to really work towards in life. Is the mountain to climb just getting a degree, getting a job, and getting married to retire in 40 years? Or is there something more to get out of life in striving towards your peak potential?”
Philosophical Engineering: problem solving the challenges in life. From my early morning run and swims, to process engineering, to philosophy meetups, to psychology graduate courses, to rock climbing, to drumming, to eating, to sleeping, to spending time with my cat, to enjoying time with friends, to meditating… every second of Read more…
Dr. Shawne Duperon taught a masterful media bootcamp these past two days. She completely changed how I view the media. The problem isn’t that the media is negative, it’s that not enough “positive” stories are reaching the reporters. Stories get pitched to the broadcast stations and not enough people are sharing Read more…
Typically the first question that is asked when you meet someone new in a social setting is, “what do you do for a living?”. I was bombarded with this question all day long as I was in a room with nearly 70 strangers. It’s such an awkward question to answer because Read more…
“What do I want to be when I grow up?” That question doesn’t necessarily lose it’s imaginative possibilities even being older now, but what ends up becoming a reality is the necessary interaction of people while trying to navigate the desirable behaviors of my own self. And there are two Read more…
Here they are, for next week’s interactive Meetup (come with a notebook and something to write, draw or paint with): We decided on July 26th to have a practical workshop on civic focusing. By this, we mean focusing ourselves –or our lives – in what we need to do or Read more…
Work to Need fritzbooks: “Work to need”. Makes me wonder how to restructure the seemingly arbitrary expectations of defining when we are supposed to “work”. These “rules” that define our day, our weeks, and even our years working. And yet it’s the self fulfilling work that motivates any individual. But Read more…
Although the book cover is going to change for the relaunch this fall to hit a best seller list, some thoughts as to why for the first edition cover are below. 1) Yellow means caution, but more so in the sense that a good life is comprised of hard, passionate Read more…
The Impression of a Good Life isn’t about being a spectator to life by just sitting on a beach somewhere warm with an alcoholic drink in your hand. It’s about finding the needs and values you desire in life and polishing, like an oyster does with grit to make a Read more…
When I think of basketball, there is a coach to make you a better player on and even off the court. When I think about my everyday activities, who is making me better? In my book, Dan who was my mentor for part of college, was a coach to me. Read more…