Are You Running A Race… Without Knowing It?
Lessons from the Kentucky Derby and the minds of horses.
Daily Life
Live The Life You Deserve By Embracing The Moment
I’ve dealt with countless personal traumas. And yet, I’ve found a way to return to the present. You can too. And you must.
Is Punctuality About Time? Or Something Else?
Is punctuality really just about being “on time?” Or is there more happening? Things like keeping our word, integrity, and respect seem to all play into it as well.
Five Lessons I Learned From Fire Hydrants
We’re used to thinking we can only learn lessons from deep, big things. But what about something as simple as a fire hydrant?
Moving Toward A Qualitative Life
How to move past a life that is measured by numbers and into one that is celebrated through depth.
How I Learned To Escape Self-Pity
How do we address the moments of the small personal disappointments, and see them in the larger context of our lives? Here’s what I learned from a recent experience.
My Experience Doing A Tech Cleanse
An attempt to turn FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) into JOMO (Joy Of Missing Out).
Has America Lost Its Grit?
At the same time as a wave of literature about the power of “grit” in success and life has hit America, it seems that we’ve lost any ability to focus. What now?
How To Savor Each Moment Without Becoming A Hedonist
How a moment with his son helped Elan learn to appreciate the moment while tempering it with this wisdom of age.
Sometimes It’s Better To Be Insensitive
What we can learn from when our fallible bodies fail to accept even what’s good for them, and how we can apply it to how we live our lives.