I’ve heard a similar story from a few different places now that beautifully captures one of my core outlooks on life. I don’t know where this officially comes from, or even how the original version goes, but here’s the gist of it: There once was a man who owned a single horse. One day, the gate …
When I first moved from Detroit to Charleston a few years ago, the heat was seemingly unbearable. I arrived in mid-July, and I didn’t experience anything other than blistering heat for almost three months. Fast forward to the next year in Charleston, and it was a different story. The heat was the same, but suddenly, …
There’s an obviously dangerous intersection right outside my work. Cars come whizzing over a hill at 55 mph+, and I have to try to quickly merge across three lanes to make a turn. Even with the obvious danger, let’s say that the odds of getting in an accident on a given morning are something like …
I recently went for a jog for the first time in awhile and I had a peculiar thought: I wonder how fast I could run a mile? To some extent, it was stupid considering that I’ve had close to zero dedicated cardio training for the past year or so and I haven’t run consistently since …
There are two schools of thoughts for preventing ankle sprains. The most common method is an attempt to avoid the inevitable. Walk through your local rec building, and I can almost guarantee that you’ll find at least one player with tightly taped ankles, rigid ankle braces, and/or high-top shoes tightly tied. All of these countermeasures are designed to immobilize the ankle. And for the …
Last week, I wrote about some ground rules that I’ve used to define my approach to email and texting. Now, I want to look at a few more detailed examples of approaches that I take in an attempt to improve the efficiency of this communication. At the most basic level, the purpose of the three …
Written media is flawed. It’s been reported that 7 percent of our communication is done through the words we use, 38 percent comes from vocal tonality, and a whopping 55 percent of communication is nonverbal. Thus, we lose over 90% of our communicating power when we can’t hear or see the person we’re talking with. …
Sometimes, it takes a boost before you can truly reach your potential. Just a few months after I started my first job, a huge opportunity presented itself. My company needed someone in my office to take a leadership role in solving one of the highest-profile problems in the company, and no one seemed eager to …
What is it about sports that is so intoxicating? There’s the competition aspect that has been known to bring out the best (and worst) in people. At the same time, comradery and team spirit come into play. Along with something innate in the primal nature of the physical activity. But there’s something deeper. Sure, all …
There are certain trade-offs that I used to blindly accept. I accepted that it was always better to save time when I could, because I knew time is the most important asset in my life. Similarly, I lived the first 20 or so years of my life dead-set on saving money wherever possible. If there …