Self improvement, personal development and life hacks
Last summer I went for a routine health check that my company offers all employees. Other than being 25 lbs. overweight the most alarming diagnostic was my blood pressure. It was 160 / 90 and that was the “low” reading. When I was in my thirties my blood pressure was in the “pre-hypertension” range and…
The COVID-19 pandemic has put all of humanity out on a ledge. Vis-a-vis the pre-pandemic world we are in a parallel universe of sorts. Economically, an unseen enemy has left no one unscathed by its butchery. Can’t we just press the rewind button and undo this? It sounds like a childish question, but humanity has…
Whatever you were concerned about a few weeks ago chances are pretty good your worry didn’t involve life or death consequences or financial ruin. However, today the Coronavirus has thrown both death an financial ruin into the mix. All of a sudden everyone on planet Earth now has a much different frame around their challenges…
I just returned from a week’s vacation in New York City. It was a family vacation and my plan was to first spend a couple of days in Tarrytown, NY before hitting the city. The attraction in Tarrytown is that this town is just 25 miles north of Manhattan on the Hudson River and the…
One of the talents that I admire most in people is the talent for music. It seems that a talented musician needs to be naturally-gifted in the first place – but in addition, to be truly great it takes incredible dedication, focus and relentless practice. It is that kind of dedication applied to any endeavor…
One of the things I have always wanted to do in my life is visit L.A.’s famous Sunset Strip music venues. Bands from the likes of The Doors, Guns and Roses and Motley Crue have played there and I’ve always thought it would be cool to see a band play there. I live in Scottsdale…
Perhaps time is the limited asset we unwittingly fritter away in life. Kids are young once. And our elders are around for only so long in our lives to pass on their wisdom to us. And a side effect of having time is that life is a “mixed bag.” Along with life’s blessings comes having…
This past Sunday I took a free improv class at The Comedy Spot in Old Town Scottsdale. In my entire 48 years of life this was the very first such class I have ever taken. At this point you might wonder why a person such as myself – into computer programming and business – would…
“…the worst thing you can do to make yourself crazy and unhappy is to imagine that other people are rational even some of the time. People are irrational all of the time but sometimes it makes sense to you.” -Scott Adams Starting at 9:03 into this video Scott Adams says the above quote in an interview…
