“That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest.” - Henry David Thoreau Money is an interesting concept and can mean lots of different things to different people. “What do I want?” Here’s what I came up with: I want the…
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Crafting Your Body
Physical fitness is the basis for all other forms of excellence - John F. Kennedy Your mind does not live in a vacuum. In fact, it lives in a very specific place – your body. So just like you need…
How the World Works
Humans are both amazing and limited creatures. Any understanding of life needs to start with an understanding of how the world works and how we ourselves work. Did you know that we have programming errors built into our brains where…
Being Human: An Owner’s Manual
When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion. - Dale Carnegie Why do human beings do what they do? There are entire fields of study dedicated to answering this age-old question. Most…
Reality – It’s not what you think
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one" - Albert Einstein When trying to get a better handle on reality, I must admit that I can’t prove we aren’t in a Matrix-like simulation. But let’s ignore that for…
Welcome
Welcome to This Curious Adventure! When I think about this curious adventure we call life, I often find myself thinking how incredible it is that I exist at all. There is an amazingly improbable series of events that leads to…
Why wanting something is not enough
“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse”- Jim Rohn So now you have a list of what you want. Unfortunately, that by itself doesn't do much. To get what…
Crafting Your Environment
“The environment is everything that isn’t me” - Albert Einstein As discussed in the "How the world works" section, your reality is determined by the input you receive, and in turn, your input is based on the environment you are…
Crafting Your Mind
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. - The Buddha Words matter. In particular, the words you say to yourself every day are the most important words in your life. As you’ll learn later in the…
Being Human II: The Troubleshooting Guide
"Being human means being flawed. Perfectly flawed." - Rhonda Britten When asked about their driving skills, 93% of US drivers put themselves in the top 50%. If that sounds mathematically Impossible, it is. It's also a great example of a…
It’s An Unpredictable World
If life were predictable, it would cease to be life, and be without flavor” - Eleanor Roosevelt In his book, Team of Teams, General Stanley McChrystal defines the difference between complicated environments and complex ones. Complicated environments have many different…
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