Poetry on a blog about life’s best practices? Yes, the best poetry has “a precise choice of words that will have implications and suggestions that go past the words themselves.” Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth (1988), at 229. My friend Jan Gravel read a poem to me the other day. I rarely make time [...]
Archive for the ‘Best Practices – The Core Theory’ Category
Mind “Flaws” as Engines of Creativity?
If this blog is about life’s best practices, why write about ways the mind makes errors? I’ve gotten this question a lot. So let me explain why I think these patterns of error are so important. Modern brain research shows that brains tend to process data in certain predictable ways. Some of those processes generate [...]
Getting at the core issues — about this blog
This blog is a forum for testing ideas about how to build and live a fulfilling life. Just what does that mean? It means that I believe there are best practices, that many of those have been tested rigorously, and that using those practices will enhance both performance and fulfillment.
“Best Practices” for Life
Human beings are not perfect. We never will be. We are so much more — and more interesting — than that. And by learning more about how we work, we can achieve greater success and fulfillment. Those four sentences summarize decades, if not centuries, of research into human behavior. They are confirmed by cutting-edge research [...]
