Become anything you want to be

Become anything you want to be

“Become anything you want to be!” — one of modernity’s mottoes — is so utterly confusing.   Become anything you want to be  This is the terrible advice that we so often hear being given, especially to young people. But, it begs the question: become WHAT exactly?...
When words get in the way

When words get in the way

What is most easily articulated is not necessarily what is most important. Yet, we are often suckers for this. We can focus on the wrong things to our detriment and elevate false indicators above the actual things of value themselves. Whether it is grades above true...
Don’t decide before you need to decide

Don’t decide before you need to decide

Sometimes, we can torment ourselves unnecessarily about decisions that are to come. Decisions that you expect to have to make in the future. You may ruminate and ruminate, forgetting that you don’t have to decide before you need to decide.  Control  There may even be...
Not being present

Not being present

Insight from today’s coaching: Sometimes, it is not time spent that is the problem, but rather the quality of time spent. The problem is not being present.  Cost of not being present  If you are distracted and not present with people, especially your loved ones, no...
On free will and determinism

On free will and determinism

The question of free will vs determinism has confounded philosophers both modern and pre-modern. And, like most heated philosophical questions that have been around for a long-time, it is either answerable or has a false premise.  Hidden assumption I will show that...