People, left to themselves, don’t seem to care about people on the other side of the planet. They seem to want to pursue happiness and enjoy themselves if they can. My observations in North Korea reinforced this sentiment. It raises … Continue reading
This post covers how I’m putting myself in better shape with minimal effort, but don’t be distracted. That’s a secondary point, a side effect. This post is about joy, fun, and friendship. And how I create them with the Method. … Continue reading
This exercise transforms your life. It has you do the first three steps of the Method, prepares you for the fourth, and sets up accountability with others for step 4. Accountability is how things get done, so it can help … Continue reading
The Method’s steps 2 and 3 have you conceive of new emotions, environments, beliefs, and behaviors for emotional cycles you want to change. The challenge How do you pick the new beliefs to crowd out the old ones? Choosing the … Continue reading
Many people feel they can’t change themselves or that doing so is fake. Here is a quick exercise to show you how easily you can change yourself because you do it already. Step 1 First answer the question “Who are … Continue reading
If you lined up all the cycles in your life by the amount of reward they brought you, you might represent them like this. The low bar on the left might represent something you can never get right — like … Continue reading
As the Tao Te Ching says, A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. Yesterday’s post described and illustrated the long-term potential of improving your life through self-awareness — freedom, genuineness, authenticity, and more. Remember, all this life … Continue reading
I just read a post, “Google is FUBAR,” (for non-geeks, fubar means “f‘ed up beyond all recognition) suggesting the company is on a slippery slope leading not to its demise but to move its practices from what people like to … Continue reading
Yesterday’s post showed how one transformation — that is, one application of the Method — not only cycles you back to start a new transformation, it also changes you, which you can see from another perspective. You can think of … Continue reading
Here is an illustration of the implementation stages of step 4 of the Method. Overview Transition (also a caveat) Support Regular life
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