You have goals and things you want. Are you ungrateful?
I consider myself a grateful person. I made a decision years ago to actively choose my mindset when I wake up in the morning, and an attitude of gratitude is one I like to keep front and center. I’m also very much a goal-oriented person. I make plans. I want more. I have ambitions, dreams… […]
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A good scientist doesn’t stop at the first failed experiment
I want to experiment more. I want to try things, experience how they feel, figure out what works, see what doesn’t. That’s a basic principle of experimentation: Paying attention to the cues and clues of discovery. Too often we quickly say,Well, that didn’t work, and simply give up. Be a good scientist In that sense, […]
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I’m grateful, but it’s not luck
I take a walk downtown a few days a week. Have a nice lunch. Do some people watching. Work from a cafe for the afternoon. Sometimes people say to me, You’re so lucky to be able to do that. I am grateful. But make no mistake: Luck has little, if anything, to do with it. I […]
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It all begins with state of mind
I never hear Jay-Z’s Empire State of Mind without singing along. And when I say “singing”, I mean belting out the tune like I’m on the field of Yankee Stadium with Jay-Z and Alicia Keys before Game 2 of the 2009 World Series. I’m not just singing—I’m performing. It may only be my imagination, but […]
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Are you listening to your intuition?
A recent trip to Mackinac Island has me thinking about lighthouses—those wonderfully picturesque structures that warn of danger from a location sailors could see from a safe distance and serve as a guide into harbors. Interesting—that dual purpose to both warn and guide. To announce danger and light the way to safety. Not unlike a […]
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