Growth is becoming your aspirational self, not languishing with the façade of authenticity. Don’t turn from challenge or opportunity with self-affirming nonsense like, “It’s just not me,” or, “That’s not who I am.”… Continue reading
A friend asked me a question that infected my brain like a splinter. It was a ridiculous question that I thought myself smart enough to answer. So I did. “When you think of… Continue reading
Speaking softly while red-faced with anger isn’t patience. Self-control proves you aren’t a two-year old. You can’t be patient and upset at the same time. Impatience is frustrated with delay and annoyed with… Continue reading
The director of the Antwerp Academy of Art called Vincent Van Gogh’s work, “Putrefaction,” and sent him back to the beginning class. Van Gogh, contrary to myth, sold more than one painting in… Continue reading
It’s blindness to think you aren’t an imitator. Luke Burgis changed the way I understand myself. Let’s begin with wanting. “Humans learn – through imitation – to want the same things other people… Continue reading
Pinocchio was a block of wood until Geppetto shaped him into a marionette that eventually become a real boy. Pinocchio was alive but he wasn’t real. Becoming real: #1. Guides. You never become… Continue reading
