Know your heroes
Although I know several great writers, I know very few great storytellers.
Because a story is a particular type of writing that emphasizes an emotional arc of challenge, personal growth, triumph or tragedy, writing a story is a different experience (for the writer) than journalism, or technical writing, or ad…
Design for the top of Maslow’s Hierarchy, rather than the bottom
I’ve been organizing more of my writing around a new a concept that I call Self Actual Engineering. The term is a reference to the famous American psychologist Abraham Maslow, who described a theory of human motivation that placed something called “self actualization” at the top, as far back as…
And what will keep you going when it feels too hard.
Jordan Peterson has compiled a course called ‘Self-Authorship’ offered here https://www.selfauthoring.com/ that promises prompts to guide people thru the construction of the stories of their past, present, and ideal future lives.
If the course does what it claims, then it will tap into the deep, human need for making sense…
You've overlooked the four legit reasons for men to visit strip clubs. They are:
1. Men don't know what they like, because they don't have safe environments in which to experiment. Do they like small boobs? Long legs? Short hair? A strip club is like a display of different female…
Understanding your partner’s dominant relationship fear will help you decode their behavior. And your own.
According to the Attachment Theory of relationships, romantic commitments require a constant renegotiation between two competing existential fears:
- Fear of abandonment, and
- Fear of enmeshment.
People who experienced abandonment trauma during childhood are more likely in adulthood to fear abandonment by their romantic partners.
People who experienced exploitation and abuse…
The better you do, the more profitable you will be.
Introduction
Although I teach Engineering Business Practices at Arizona State University, I also co-founded an ice bath start-up company called Morozko Forge, and it’s been keeping me Jason Stauffer and Adrienne Jezick pretty busy this week because we just had an experience that most entrepreneurs only dream of.
Joe Rogan did…
My experience has been that ice baths are way better than cold showers. I find the cold showers a miserable, wretched experience suitable only for when I'm traveling.
By contrast. Ice baths are a meditative experience for me.
Not until you know what you’re giving up.
Every organizational leader must concern themselves with the decisions made at all levels of their organization. Even the lowest paid employees, at the bottom of the organizational hierarchy, are making decisions that help shape the future of the organization.
And because every decision is an irreversible commitment of resources, the…
Muscle receovery is the least important reason to practice deliberate cold exposure. In fact, you'll get more out of your workout if you use exercise to recover from the ice, rather than the other way around.
Creativity can be dangerous
Everyone who has spent more than two days in a job has discovered that the description of and practice of their job are often two different things.
For example, in my job as a University professor, you might think my job is teaching, mentoring, and research. In fact, much of…
