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I know what you’re thinking. Here’s another life-coachy blog post on how to make your life better and just be happy. And it’s true. I work hard. I get up early, research, study, [...]

My wife and I spent the weekend with a friend who likes to DREAM. Over the course of two days, he mentioned dozens of projects that started with “When this happens, I will…” The [...]

When I was in high school, I wanted so much to think big thoughts and make an impact on the world. I yearned for some significance and intellectualism. I grew up in the South Hills of Pittsburgh, [...]

Sam was like most high school students.  Being motivated to do her homework wasn’t a problem when she felt like doing it.  Her big problem was that she didn’t feel like doing it very [...]

For the uninitiated, CrossFit is a trainer-led program that varies workouts daily, with the participants not knowing the workout until they are at the gym. Here’s the core philosophy: To be [...]

“What do you want to do when you grow up?”  “I just want to be happy,” say most high school students. “What makes you happy?” “Hanging out with my [...]

The primary problem of parenting is that most parents haven’t answered the following question: What do you really, really want in your own life? Without the hard (but fulfilling) work of [...]

Discipline comes from the Latin word discere meaning to learn.   Jeremy Gleick is a junior at UCLA who has spent an hour a day learning something completely new.  From Ancient Greek lectures to [...]

Little kids learn on their own for the pure joy of learning. School children learn because it’s still fun, but it’s also what everyone else around them is doing. (And they don’t [...]

The joy of parenting eclipses everything else. The smell of your newborn is precious beyond belief. Then what happens? Sleep deprivation. Teething. Terrible Twos. Terrible Threes. Pressure of [...]