Today I’ve been fine tuning tomorrow’s talk, working on the Parsons display, and preparing for the Fred talk, now scheduled for April 23. A bit of preparation for my gallery show in May too. A lot of events coming up. May you live in interesting times too. Oh yeah, and another donation to the Parsons display! Please donate and spread the word! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/492851406/big-beautiful-public-art-by-parsons-class-in-union
This post continues my About page. Where to find more The best place to find more, besides contacting me, is one of my seminars or classes. If I haven’t posted about an upcoming one recently, check with me for something coming up. Here are some sources that have been influential or inspirational to me (just names of people and books now, I’ll put in links soon). Business Marshall Goldsmith –[…] Keep reading →
This post continues my About page. Topics This blog is about values, meaning, purpose, importance, passion, self-awareness, and emotional intelligence enabling you to develop yourself and improve your life through better understanding these things the underlying science, mostly evolutionary psychology, positive psychology, and cognitive behavioral therapy observations of the world arising from this perspective This blog’s perspective is founded on 1) my Model of the human emotional and motivational system[…] Keep reading →
This post continues my About page. Whom this blog is for This blog is for successful people who want to bring about more of that success. Success here means success by your standards — what brings you emotional reward. It could be money, power, and fame, but I expect it will more likely be activities and relationships that bring you the emotions and emotional reward you want. People who have[…] Keep reading →
This post continues my About page. My background While finishing a PhD in Astrophysics at Columbia, I had the idea for an invention that led to co-founding my first venture, Submedia. I led it as CEO as long as my limited business experience allowed. Since then I got an MBA, also from Columbia, and have taken a strong interest in leadership and personal development from a perspective combining my entrepreneurial[…] Keep reading →
My About page was too long. I’m simplifying it by keeping just a paragraph in each section and giving the rest its own post. Today will look like it has five or six posts, but it’s just reorganizing and simplifying. If you haven’t read the About page, the posts will be new.
One of my raw food friends met these guys who call themselves the Raw Brahs (sounds like Raw Bro’s). They make goofy, funny, informative videos about eating raw food, being buff, living a life of abundance, and having fun. They eat tons of food, mostly fruits and vegetables, and are seriously buff. I watched them videotape their antics at a McDonalds in Union Square, which they made fun of. In[…] Keep reading →
An insult says more about the insulter than the insultee. People usually look like the insulter is saying something about the insultee. Usually not. An insult expresses the insulter’s emotions, directed at what brought them about. For example, if someone is insecure about their body and they see someone with a body they’d be insecure with, they might insult that person to try to feel more secure or deflect others[…] Keep reading →
Martha Graham, one of the great artists of the twentieth century — Picasso-level stature and influence in her field — entered my life late, in my 30s, when recording Julliard dancers for my art at Lincoln Center. They were perfect people to learn from, dancers actively learning her, describing a “Martha Graham revolution” I’d never heard of before. I’d feel bad about learning about her so late, but since then[…] Keep reading →