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Back to SearchA Few Things I've Changed My Mind On
Episode 457
I’m increasingly convinced that the willingness to change your mind is the ultimate sign of intelligence.
The most impressive people I know change the…
1 month ago
How Old Will You Be If You Don’t?
Episode 456
Last week, I wrote a piece about reinvention. Specifically, the myth of too late and how to reinvent your life at any age or life stage.
It clearly …
1 month, 1 week ago
The Cobra Effects of Life
Episode 455
In colonial India, a bounty on cobras was supposed to reduce the snake population. Instead, people started breeding cobras for profit — and when the …
1 month, 1 week ago
The Life-Changing Magic of Active Optimism
Episode 454
There’s an old children’s fable I recently retold to my son about a farmer whose wagon wheel gets stuck in the mud.
He calls on Hercules to come to hi…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
How to Reinvent Your Life in 30 Days
Episode 453
Every single week, I invariably get a handful of emails from readers around the world with a similar general message.
Stuck on a path. Living a life t…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Frog Pond Effect
Episode 452
Have you ever noticed that growth feels like destruction?
That getting better feels like getting worse?
You're not doing something wrong. You're just e…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Why Are You In Such A Rush?
Episode 451
There’s a beautiful Zen parable that goes something like this:
A man is walking across a field when a tiger leaps out from the trees and runs toward h…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Zipper Test: How to Stop Fooling Yourself
Episode 450
My son just turned four. One of the things I love most about the age is the unbridled curiosity with which he explores the world.
He's deep in the cla…
2 months ago
7 Lies I Finally Stopped Telling Myself
Episode 449
A few years ago, as part of the research for my first book, I asked a group of centenarians for the advice they'd most like to give to their younge…
2 months ago
The Helsinki Bus Station Theory
Episode 448
In 2004, a Finnish-American photographer named Arno Minkkinen gave the commencement speech at the New England School of Photography.
In the speech, he…
2 months, 1 week ago