Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. — Leo Tolstoy We live in a world of unparalleled wonder. We may not stop and look at it often enough, but the technological progress of the last 100 years is astonishing Let’s run through some numbers. Global Poverty has been on the decline for…
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“I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited.” — Jorge Luis Borges I just finished reading R. Jay Magill Jr.’s Sincerity. It’s a look back at a…
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How often do you feel distracted? Better yet, how often do you feel like the day has flown by and somehow you’ve lost time? If you’re like me (and most Americans), it happens pretty often. We’ve all pretty much entered the attention Thunderdome. There’s an ad for something plastered on every surface. We have tailored…
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“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The Sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus”. — Alexander Graham Bell We’re living in an age of “Why”. We want to be inspired by everything. Companies are fighting to articulate their social value. Politicians are sacrificing policy positions for narratives of inspiration or anger….
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I’m on that pursuit of happiness and I know everything that shine ain’t always gonna be gold. — Kid Cudi We all know that the point of a good life is the pursuit of happiness, right? I mean, it says it right there in the constitution. “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” are among the inalienable rights…
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Money can buy you a lot of things, but it doesn’t make you a better person.
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