The Scaffolding Trick
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Feb 12, 20268 min read3
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Coming Out of the Shadows. How Karen Carpenter Developed Her Talent
source: Wikipedia The Challenge In one of my posts about talent, a reader posed what appeared to be a definitive counterexample to my argument. My first instinct wasn't to argue. It was to investigate. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe this really is the pures...
Dec 5, 202512 min read1
What Does It Mean to Accept Emotions?
"Accept your emotions." You've probably heard this advice a hundred times. It sounds simple enough. But the more I've thought about it, the more I've realized that depending on how we understand the word "acceptance," it can mean very different thing...
Nov 27, 20258 min read2
Finding Balance: The Art of Living Between Extremes
I'm not sure why this is the case, but people often fall into a false binary when facing complex problems. Somehow, we convince ourselves that being a demanding parent automatically means we cannot be supportive and connected. That pursuing enjoyment...
Oct 6, 20256 min read4
What Went Wrong with Our Happiness
We live in the most prosperous era in human history, yet rates of depression, anxiety, and suicide continue to climb. Despite unprecedented resources and freedoms, we seem to be getting worse at the fundamental task of being happy. How did we arrive ...
Jun 23, 20256 min read1
How to Determine What is Important
Introduction The ability to prioritize what is important seems like a simple idea. Frameworks like the Eisenhower Matrix urge us to distinguish between the urgent and the essential, emphasizing that we must focus on what truly matters. But there’s a ...
Nov 20, 20248 min read8