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The Unwritten Law Versus the Written One

“As anywhere else in the world, the unwritten law defeated the written one.” ~Herman Hesse The unwritten law will always defeat the...

Self-infliction #12: Plant a Minefield in Your Mind Field

"Philosophical thinking that doesn’t do violence to one’s settled mind is no philosophical thinking at all.” ~Rebecca Goldstein In the...

Self-infliction #11: You Are an Animal

“You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.” ~Mary Oliver You are a naked ape. This one is painfully obvious,...

8 Empowering Ways to Stay Ahead of the Curve

“There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.” ~Roger Staubach 1.) Live a courage-based lifestyle: “The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche Courage is foremost. Before any other virtue can be actualized, courage must be self-actualized. There must first come a courageous deviation or there is no “first.” Period. Maya Angelou said it best, “Without courage you can’t practice any othe