People are very open-minded about new things - as long as they’re exactly like the old ones. – Charles F. Kettering
I hate admitting it, but I’m not always open-minded when I talk with others. If someone expresses an idea to me that vaguely threatens my beliefs, I interrupt with a counter-argument without considering his idea. [...]
Once upon a time in a land far away, there was a small village. This village had a strange tradition. Each spring, any boy that had reached the age of majority was given a plot of land and bag of money to build a home. The boy had to complete his home before winter. If [...]
A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it. – John Steinbeck
This August, my wife, Lisa, and I will have been married for twenty-five years. We lived together for a couple years before we married, so we’ve been together even longer.
Honestly, I love Lisa more now than [...]
Habits are safer than rules; you don’t have to watch them. And you don’t have to keep them either. They keep you.
- Frank Crane
You can make exercise a habit even if you hate exercising. I know because I’ve made a habit of exercise for ten years, even though I dislike exercising. Exercise itself is painful [...]
I’ve seen many books and articles about defining and achieving goals, but few discuss how using goals affects your happiness. Goals have a big impact on your happiness, but for different reasons than you may think.
Goals May Be Unnecessary
My wife, Lisa, is happy and has no goals. Does that means she does nothing? Not at [...]
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