There were two groups of scientists working on the same task in two separate labs. One set of scientists had vague credentials. A couple physicists, chemists, and biologists grouped up together. The other set were scientists that were experts in their field in E. Coli. And both were experimenting with proteins from E. Coli. Psychologist […]
Quantity Over Quality
“A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit” Richard Bach One of the most common ailments that affects people is writer’s block. It’s always lurking when you’re about to start writing something new. All of a sudden, you have no idea what to put on paper. And you find yourself staring endlessly at a […]
Learning To Not Be Educated
“When it’s work, [people] try to figure out how to do less. When it’s art, they try to figure out how to do more” Seth Godin An interesting study was taken whereby a large group of community college students were taken to be testing on their math skills. The question? Which of the following is […]
Turning Our Mood From Weather To Climate
Knowing the weather is an important part of our day. It may be cold. It may be humid. It may be dry. We are constantly aware of the seasonal shifts as they come because we have to immediately respond to them. But very little time is spent thinking of the climate. How is the overall […]
The Algorithm to Determine Life Choices
“The perfect is the enemy of the good” Voltaire Have you ever wondered where to go next in life and have been asked “If you could do anything in the world, what would it be?” And you may have thought to yourself, “Well, I can’t do anything in the world anyways so my answer is […]
Why Living With Intention Matters
Have you ever decided to open up YouTube or Instagram for a quick check-up only to sink in much more time than you wish you had? Or maybe you spent an hour in the gym and didn’t feel like you’ve made any progress? Was it just improper planning? Maybe we need to have a better […]
Bio-Hacking Our Happiness And Joy
Most of us want to strive for a sense of long-lasting happiness. One that feels deep and doesn’t fade easily. We have some intuitive sense of what we perhaps consider better indicators of joy. than others. But how do we know whether we are creating the types of happiness that we want to have in […]
Your Vulnerability Is The Permission For Your Joy
“When we lose our tolerance for vulnerability, joy becomes foreboding” Dr. Brene Brown, The Power of Vulnerability Sometimes it can be really hard to be happy. That may not surprise you. But what I mean is that even in a happy setting, we don’t feel as joyous as we could. We can easily hold ourselves […]
You Need To Make Your Habit YOUR Habits.
One ritual that I started a year ago was waking up at 5 AM every morning. Doing so gave me a tremendous amount of time to meditate, workout, eat, and get ready. And all without having to stress over getting somewhere in a rush. And to be fair, I simply switched my wake up time […]
Building Latent Joy
We’ve heard the phrase that “once you’re happy with what you have, you have everything you need.” Nice saying. But all that is for me is a nice poster to look at in a coffee shop. Hearing that phrase used to go in my head, stir some nice feelings, and left the instant I saw […]