When Do the Means Determine the End?
It’s amazing what an extended trip to another part of the world can do to provide a new, fresh perspective. The following approximates...
Could You Have Been Secretly Hypnotized?
What is real? Are you sure? How can you know? What if you’re wrong? If you ever attended a philosophy class in college, these types of...
When Was the Last Time You Did a Reality Check?
All of us are innate storytellers. We discussed that in our last blog post (and this figures prominently into the first chapter of our...
How the Story You're Telling Impacts Your Life
Author Jonathan Gottschall wrote, “Until recently we’ve only been able to speculate about story’s persuasive effects. But over the last...
How to Cross Life's Impossible Bridges
Imagine this scenario. You’re on a hike through previously untrekked terrain. Somehow you got separated from your friends so you’re a bit...
Can Good Be Better Than Great?
In Jim Collin’s book, Good to Great, he makes a challenging statement: “You have to give up what made you good to become great.” Like...
Are You Sure That What You're Experiencing is Real?
That familiar phrase, “I’ll believe it when I see it,” is being seriously questioned. The latest in brain science confirms that “brain...
Something Magic Happens When You "Pass It On!"
Who do you want to be when you grow up? It’s an interesting question – fundamentally different from the usual one (what do you want to...
What if Playing a Game Could Change Your Life?
Games . . . they can be engaging, even addicting. What about the game of life? How engaged are you in this most important of all games?...
How Our Brains Create False Facts
Henry Ford famously said, “Whether you think it’s true or not, you’re right.” Our personal mindset determines which filters we use to...
