We never live; we are always in the expectation of living. — Voltaire Expectations are more powerful than you believe. Sure, you may be familiar with the placebo effect, where 35% of participants who expect sugar pills to be actual pain medicine feel actual relief. Or maybe you’re familiar with the effects of self-fulfilling prophecy,…
What consumerism really is, at its worst, is to get people to buy things that don’t actually improve their lives. — Jeff Bezos (founder of Amazon.com) Although I’ve never tried it, I’ve heard it’s one hell of a drug; that is, shopping on Black Friday. I mean, if so many people wake up before the crack…
Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you. — Robert Fulghum Parenting is hard—or at least I assume it must be. I mean I’ve never been a parent, but thinking of myself as a child takes little effort to recall moments that must have caused my parents to debate…
The average dog is a nicer person than the average person. — Andy Rooney After thinking a lot about the quality of human who may be the next leader of the free world, I decided that this week should take a break from our often reprehensible species and turn to an altogether different–and arguably superior…
The gods too are fond of a joke. — Aristotle A little over 30 years ago, residents of Sitka, Alaska, a small city with just over 9,000 people, thought their dormant volcano, Mount Edgecumbe, was erupting. As black smoke billowed from the crest, the city went into a panic, eventually notifying the National Coast Guard…
Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts. — Soren Kierkegaard The best way to describe today’s topic is to experience it firsthand. So first, watch the 25-sec slideshow that follows from clicking on the link: The Demonstration Finished? Now complete (in your head or on a piece of paper) the task that…