Exploration vs Exploitation: Are you finding the right balance?
May 6, 2016 By Michael Speck
We all know Apple wants us to “Think Different,” but a little more time spent listening to advertising reveals just how different today’s corporations want you to be. Or at least how innovative they want you to believe they are.
Want Your Child-Like Excitement About Life Back?
April 13, 2016 By Michael Speck
The soft breeze shakes budding spring leaves, and carries on its wing the smell of new possibilities. When we were young, always budding, and always growing, every day felt different from the time space before it. Every moment was all
How to Justify Pursuing the Game-Changer that Terrifies You
March 24, 2016 By Michael Speck
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She’s a Man-Eater Things have gotten a bit out of control! I’ll admit it’s my fault, but somehow that doesn’t seem to make it any less soul-crushing. Let me explain: You know Praying Mantises? How the female will sometimes bite
How To Make Effective (Correct) Decisions Efficiently (Quickly)
March 16, 2016 By Michael Speck
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“On an important decision one rarely has 100% of the information needed for a good decision no matter how much one spends or how long one waits. And, if one waits too long, he has a different problem and has
How to Fix What Living in a Comfortable Box Has Broken
March 10, 2016 By Michael Speck
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One chipmunk chases another, bounding up and down, across the patio. A small bird rests in a skeleton of a tree, before fleeing from a blue jay above it. And that jerk of a seagull keeps attacking the ducks on
5 Life Lessons for People with an Adventurous Spirit
February 25, 2016 By Michael Speck
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Cultivating a spirit of adventure, and excitement is a game changer. It changes the way we see and interact with other people. It changes how we see and understand ourselves. Mostly it just makes life better! Here are five of
3 Solutions and an Anti-Solution to Overworking
January 20, 2016 By Michael Speck
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I want to let you in on a little secret that hard working people know, and successful people understand: There is always more work to be done. Yes, let the self-embarrassed, defeated moans, and groans begin! We all have a
How to Reinvigorate Your Daily Life through Focus and Adventure
January 14, 2016 By Michael Speck
My heart raced with excitement, and the gentle bobbing in the salty ocean was doing precious little to stop it. I looked back at our boat -empty except the captain- and then at our guide. He gave the signal, and
Taking the Stress Out of Failure
January 6, 2016 By Michael Speck
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I didn’t accomplish one important task yesterday. I tried. And I failed… hard. I tried to get up early to start writing. Then slept for another couple hours. Fail I tried to get my car in for yearly maintenance. “You
Definitely Not About Christmas!
December 17, 2015 By Michael Speck
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My abdominal muscles hurt too much to stand comfortably for more than 10 minutes. My arms feel like they are going to fall off, or at least I think I might like them to. And my shoulders, well they were