Month: October 2025

  • Maxim #15: Add or Remove Friction

    Friction makes things more difficult. It slows things down. Sometimes, that is the point. When thinking about habits and goals, friction is what gets in your way, slows you down,…


  • I Believe Weird Things

    I have already confessed that I Believe Things That Aren’t True, so I will go ahead and confess that I believe weird things, too. To be fair, I think everyone…


  • Maxim #14: Go Positive. Go First.

    What is your default mode in a social setting? Do you suddenly become fascinated with wall art or your phone? Anything at all to not look like you are awkwardly…


  • A Recipe for Loving Your Life

    Would you like to love your life? I have a simple recipe. Disclaimer: This is not a trick. This is not magic. It actually works if you follow the recipe.…


  • Maxim #13: Flush That!

    That thing you said to yourself, the thing you keep saying to yourself, isn’t true. It isn’t kind. It isn’t helpful. Or perhaps it is something someone else said to…


  • #1 Piece of Advice for Engaged Couples

    If you were going to give an engaged couple the most important piece of advice you could for their marriage, what would it be? When I was a vocational pastor,…


  • Maxim #12: Manage the Motivation Monkey

    You probably have a few monkeys you deal with on a daily basis. Some of them are other people’s problems that try to jump on your back and want you…


  • Maxim #11: No Zero Days

    Some days you just aren’t feeling it. You don’t have the energy to work out. You don’t have the time to write. You don’t have the motivation to practice. The…


  • My Love for Libby

    My wife is aware of my love for Libby and fully supports it. It helps, of course, that Libby is not another woman but an online library resource to check…


  • How to Read Fewer Bad Books and More Good Books

    There are a lot of books in the world. More than we can read. Not all of them are good. How can we minimize our time reading lousy books and…


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