We’ve all heard that life is short. There’s just not enough time to do everything that we’d like to do. I know I still have a lot of things I still want to accomplish before I die. It sometimes seems never-ending. But the problem isn’t that life is too short. It’s usually because we’re not […]
The Beginning of Wisdom Starts by Saying I Don’t Know
I write a lot about the things I know on this blog. For once I want to switch things up a little and talk about those things I don’t know. I’d hate to admit it, but that’s a lot. Even though one of my long-term goals is to learn everything, there is still a lot […]
3 Traits that Help Build Long-Term Success
We’ve all heard that success doesn’t happen overnight. A lot of articles have already been written on the subject. It’s generally agreed that it’s much better to take the long-term approach to success. And that makes sense. Big goals and achievements take time. It might take months or even years to reach some of the […]
How to Risk More, Fear Less and Gain Everything
Last week I read a news story about a pharmaceutical company called Valeant. They had just announced the acquisition of an eye health company called Bausch and Lomb. The cost of the deal: $8.7 billion dollars. By anyone’s measure, the deal is a risk. When you plan to spend billions of dollars to buy a […]
How I Saved Up $10,000 to Fund My Travels
When I reached my early 20s, I saw something I thought I’d never see. My bank account rolled over into five digits as I passed the $10,000 mark for the first time. I rarely tell people this because I don’t want to come off as boastful. I’m saying this now because a lack of money […]
Finding the Beauty in Everyday Life
Sometimes the bad parts of the world seem so overwhelming. There are so many sad and depressing things going on in the news. People are killing other people, a natural disaster is destroying someone’s home or the economy is back in the dumps. Even outside of the news, I see sad things. Every day I […]
The Goal of Learning Everything
You might be surprised to read this, but one of the first goals I ever wrote when I created my first bucket list was to “learn everything”. It’s certainly an ambitious goal – impossible even. With all the information out in the world, learning everything would probably take several lifetimes. And that’s assuming you could […]