Update 7/6/2011: Incidentally, the concept of of “as soon as you think it, it becomes real” is one reason we as humans never follow up on many ideas. Sometimes the idea of something is more fulfilling in the short term than acting on it. It’s still real, but we didn’t do anything with it.

In recent weeks, I’ve made a conscious decision to only hang around people I feel good around. I’ve spent WAY TOO MANY YEARS trying to prove myself to people who were never going to approve of me anyway. I ignore people who tell me to be realistic. I ignore people who try to fix me. read more »

Because they spend the first 18-20 years of their lives being taught to think and behave like everyone else.

The book Feeling Good has a chapter called “Dare to Be Average.” The idea is that many of us get caught in the perfectionist trap and since perfection is unattainable, it can mess you up emotionally/psychologically. However, if you want to be an entrepreneur or an entertainer or something unique, you have to think big. read more »

You may have heard about the 90/10 problem or the Pareto priniciple, which is 80/20. There are many interpretations of these laws and rules, such as 90% of life is out of our control and the 10% is our reaction to it. Or 80% of the work is done by 20% of the people. I read more »

New data has come out saying depressed people eat more chocolate. The study involved 1,000 people, so the data is probably pretty solid. So far, this is just a correlation. In other words, no one knows if chocolate causes depression or if it actually helps depressed people feel better leading them to consume more. Unscientifically, read more »

I don’t take the closest parking spot. I leave it available for someone else. I used to listen to Joel Osteen, a preacher guy you may have seen on TV. He would talk about how if you pray and have faith that God would bless you by giving you what you wanted – from a read more »