I used to think that criticism of my work and life didn’t affect me that much.But something my wife said last night made me realize that I was thinking about it in the wrong way.It’s true: actual criticism doesn’t affect me that much, except...
It’s Christmas morning, in a hotel room in Dallas, and I’m getting dressed for an early dinner with my wife’s family.And I’m thinking to myself about the fact that I’m about to go to meet with mostly the same people I just spent Christmas Eve with...
After Christmas, I tried to write a couple of articles to post here before the new year. One about the nature of reality, the other about death and transcendence and the meaning of life. And maybe it’s because I was sick at the time, or maybe it’s...
“I’m not going to make it.”In the back of my head, that’s what I’m thinking/feeling, as I browse Bloglines one more time. I’ve set myself an impossible amount of work – well, not really impossible, just well beyond what I usually do. And some part...
I don’t usually do articles that just link to and comment on other people’s articles, but in this case I’ll make an exception, for this rather provocative article: “Lost Purposes”.I have to disagree with the author about one thing, though. He...
It was a crazy day, today. I was preparing to give a workshop tonight, and at the last minute cancellations started pouring in – even from people who usually never miss a workshop, and from a person I was really hoping would join us for this one...
For a few weeks now, my wife and I have been in the middle of a massive home reorganization project. Well, “project” implies more order and planning than we’re actually doing. What’s really happening is that we are throwing things out, cleaning...
Something different happened last night.I had been reading something earlier in the evening that said the worst thing a guy could do in a relationship was to be “too predictable”.And I thought to myself, “what could I do that would be different?” ...
This morning I got an email from Arthur, a new Associate member of the Owners’ Circle. Arthur is a musician working on an album, and last month I did a short telephone consultation with him to eliminate one of the blocks he had about actually...
The very first thing I learned in school, from the very first day of kindergarten… was how badly I sucked compared to other kids.My first day of school started out kind of creepy. Nearly all the other kids were crying for their mommies, which I...
Sometimes, there’s a lot to be said for making changes by just “going for it”. In the last couple of weeks, I’ve been changing an awful lot of outward things at the same time. Things like:Getting a newer, somewhat trendier haircutBuying newer...
This self-help gig is tough sometimes. In difficult times, I wish I could clone myself, so I could step outside my own limitations to see what’s wrong with my own thought processes.Of course, once I’ve found where my own thinking is wrong, it’s...
