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A Useful Metaphor for Impermanence: The Tide Ebbs and Flows

The tide goes in. The tide goes out. It comes and goes. The pattern of rising then falling tide repeats although each change is never quite the same across a range of highs and lows. There is also never only high tide. A lower tide will always come. I love this...

Awareness Is a Starting Point for Action and Change

Peter shared a story with me about returning home exhausted after a long bike ride that he did in preparation for his upcoming IRONMAN race. All he wanted to do after riding was to sit down and relax, but his wife Kathy asked him to look at their outdoor grill first....

How to Design a Better Experiment for Test and Learn

I had previously blogged about the concept of test and learn as a practice for continuous improvement. Continuous improvement can be for an activity that one is doing (e.g. running a business or playing golf) or for oneself (e.g. learning how to quiet the mind). What...

Could Be Better or Could Be Worse

We’ve all experienced bad days where things don’t go as planned or something unexpected or even tragic happens. Maybe your dog eats your homework (which has actually happened to me recently), a car hits your car from behind when you’re stopped at a...

Ten Things to Look Forward to When Leaving a Place

When I spoke to Peter recently, he was in the last week of a month-long trip to Florida with his wife. Peter shared how much he appreciated the warm weather as he was able to swim, bike, and run outside plus eat outside in restaurants. He was not looking forward to...

What Is the Real Problem of Humanity?

When asked in an interview if we (humanity) will be able to solve the crises of the next hundred years, sociobiologist E. O. Wilson answered: “The real problem of humanity is the following: we have paleolithic emotions; medieval institutions; and god-like technology”...