Inspiration Reading

Momentum

…traction, growth, scale.

In our entrepreneurial ecosystem, we pursue momentum with a single focus and cult-like worship. It becomes the measure of all things — whether a graph is up and to the right — no matter if work, play, or love.

Refusal

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” — Leo Tolstoy

I’ve been studying Joseph Campbell’s myth and the hero’s journey in depth for my upcoming TEDx talk (more below). I have been most struck by what happens when we refuse to be a part of our story…

Calm

“If you ever find yourself empty from something you cannot know or name, find a stretch of ocean, a field, or mountainside, or even clouds or trees. Because there are 1,000 simple ways to fill your tired soul so you can remember how to be, how to see, and most importantly, how to breathe.” — Victoria Erickson

The beauty of being human

why we need the world to be imperfect to appreciate ourselves

Imagine for a moment, if you had super powers, an eternal life, and you lived in paradise. Everything is perfect.

Fiction-phile 

It’s good for the brain 

If I had a trillion dollars…

If I had a trillion dollars (because 1 billion dollars these days only buys you half a solar field), I would…