The Antidote – A Poem For 03/28/20
Everyone Breathless in Panicky State Is there nothing to do now but just Sit and Wait? And to TV and Phone Check for Constant Update? To Confirm More Bad News, Addict's Itch must we Sate? Forget not that all 'News' Is not Kind Service Free But most Business of Profit,...
Why You Can’t Get It Done – A Poem
When there's a small thing That's been weighing on you A task that you know That you simply must do One task in The Past Perhaps you'd not embrace But still needed to do In your great Career Race Yes a small and dull part Of All that you do When the much Larger part...
The Key to Sustainable Peace and Fulfillment, or How to Become So Much Less in 2020
How did you get to where you are? If you're in a good place, and generally happy, you probably don't think about this sort of thing, and good for you! But if you're somewhere on the spectrum between blandly-existing-and-not-too-happy-about-it and...
How to Start Being Happy Forever (or Who Cares If It’s Supposed To Rain Today?)
Many of us are miserable. Exhausted, unsatisfied, longing and unhealthy. A quick walk through your local Target 2 days before Christmas is pretty much all the proof you need of this. Haunted faraway looks, frenzied actions, stress-pallored and with an almost robotic...
Are You Doomed by Definition?
Yesterday morning I was reading "The Ten Best Books of 2019" in The New York Times' Book Review to see if I was on it (spoiler alert: nope). Anyway, the article contained a brief synopsis of each the NYT's top 10 picks, one of which was The Night Boat to Tangier by...
5 Minutes Of Animation That Will Make You Smile.
This is a great little animated short that reminds me of pre-Disney Pixar explorations where the animation's job was to tell the story - really nicely done. Enjoy!
How To Be Young Again
Some people say getting old is a choice. I used to think that was big, fat happy load of...ahhh... self-deceit. Now, I don't. Yes, you can be young again. Young with a spark in your eye and spring in your step. Young in the way you remember feeling as a kid. Really....
How to Save the Movies. And Maybe your Business.
When I used to go to the movies it was an Event. Two hours away from more of the same, and transported to somewhere new. An escape. Something different. I'd be excited, alert, aware. Fidgety even. Sitting in my seat. Waiting with anticipation. There used to be a neat...
Is Brand Loyalty Dead?
I was reading an article the other day in The Wall Street Journal about how major brands are finding it necessary to raise prices on consumer staples in large part, it seems, to meet profit and earnings goals. For some reason this is being presented as news though,...
How To Fix Everything
Ever interrogate a 4-year old? If you're a parent, you probably have -- and usually after something has mysteriously become broken while you weren't there. The routine is always the same: there's a little watery-eyed shrug (which almost always effectively turns your...