I came across this New York Times piece in the Modern Love section. It hit me hard because of my personal experience with my own children. When I stopped pushing, pressing, and expecting and shifted to muscular patience with my children, and became a safe haven for them, the depth
That is the takeaway of an important post by the author David Epstein, which I reproduce below in its entirety, unedited. It highlights the danger of (as Jocko Willink likes to point out over and over) taking the easy path. Is AI rotting your brain? Maybe. But it might depend
I was so struck by the three ingredients for connection with another human being that I thought it might be valuable to reshare them as a reminder! Consistency Positivity Vulnerability. Or, put more operationally: make time to be together, share enjoyment, and have honest emotional exchanges. Remember, you need to
Being 71, and getting closer and closer to our ultimate human destination - death - I have thought quite a bit about the issue of how I will feel when that time arrives. Actually, I will feel pretty damn good, thanks to the difficult (hellish) period of my life that