A Book Review: The Joy of Writing Journal: Spark Your Creativity in 8 Minutes a Day
I just had the pleasure of completing Lisa Tener’s writing workbook The Joy of Writing Journal: Spark Your Creativity in 8 Minutes a Day, and I would like to share some of my thoughts here. (Some background on how I know Ms. Tener. I first met her over 5 years ago...
Business Ikigai: The Joy of “Closing The Deal”
In my medical school days, while I was pursuing my ikigai, I had a good friend who was a financially successful oil investor. (He worked for himself, buying and selling oil wells.) Although most of our friendship revolved around playing darts and going to the local...
My Successful Twitter Break
I just completed a month Twitter-free—from the day before Thanksgiving through the day after Christmas. It went well, and I believe it helped me in three ways. First, it freed up significant time. Being active on Twitter does require periodic monitoring, especially if...
Writing Habits: Blogging Daily For One Year!
Years ago, at my old healthcare organization, I watched and took notes on all of its 457 YouTube videos in preparation for a strategic marketing meeting about social media I did this for two reasons. First, to get a feel for my organization's social media culture. And...
My Favorite December Post
My favorite December post is Writing and Clarity, which I published on December 14th. Most of my project successes—and failures—are attributable to my clarity (or lack thereof) regarding a project's objectives and how well these objectives overlap with my purpose....
My Ten-Book Year
In 2019, Nepal-born British Climber Nirmal Purja climbed all 14 of the world's 8,000-metre peaks in just over six months, well documented in the film 14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible. As any mountain climber knows, climbing even one of these peaks in a lifetime is an...
On Being a Consistent Writer
I am not a great writer. I am not even a good writer. But I have published a blog post every day for the past year. Therefore, I can say this with pride: I am a consistent writer. And that is an important step.
A 2022 Creative Project: Nietzsche’s Concept of Health
One of my 2022 creative projects is to write about Nietzsche's concept of health. I intend to work my way through his published works (roughly one book a month) and attempts to extract from each one how he approaches the idea of health. I hope that I can find a common...
One of My Deepest Intellectual Regrets
I continue to build up my reference book collection on the Ancient Greek language, with the recent addition of The Cambridge Grammar of Classical Greek. One of my dreams is to devote a year to learning Ancient Greek sufficiently well such that I can do a primary...
All I Want For Christmas Is …
My wife recently asked me what I wanted for Christmas. After a moment of reflection, I realized that I don’t want anything for Christmas. In terms of stuff, I have everything I need. And in terms of intangibles, I am wealthy beyond belief. So, all I want for Christmas...