In this newsletter:
- Quiet - The Power of Introverts
- Janus, the god
- Individuality versus mutuality
- Calm, not speed
“In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.”
-Isaiah 30:15
“Peter, you’re a loner.”
When I was married, my wife said...
Last week, I wrote about the Men's Group meeting I attended. One of the guys mentioned something that reminded me of a conversation I had with my friend, Dave, years ago.
Dave - a true story
Dave: “Peter, I told my dad I love...
In this newsletter:
- Men's Group Meeting
- Solitude is Luminous
- Sins of the Unlived Life
- Georges Homsi - Transformation Coach
- A Blessing of Solitude
Men's Group Meeting
I recently had coffee with a friend here near the beach. He told me about his rise…and fall. He said he...
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In this newsletter:
- What is a Practice?
- A Practice versus a goal
- Practice and Identity
- My three practices
- Scott Seidewitz - The Ancient Assassin
What is a Practice?
Question: What does it mean to “have a...
In this newsletter:
- Self-Control
- The Power of Habit
- Three Willpower Studies
- What is Self-Control?
- 8 ways to boost Self-Control
Self-Control
My friend
My friend recently told me he’s a sex addict. He was serious. I’ll spare you the details.
We've been close friends...
In this newsletter:
- The Middle Passage
- My midlife crises
- Carl Jung
- James Hollis
- Pablo Casals - Never retire
- Ray Bradbury - Never worked a day in his life
“The midlife crisis, which I prefer to call the Middle Passage, presents us with an opportunity to reexamine our lives and to ask...
In this newsletter:
- One home, one suitcase
- Goodbye, business suits
- My simple life
- Why do we accumulate so much?
- 16 benefits of minimalism
- Marie Kondo
- Japanese tea house
“You’re not your job. You’re not how much money you have in the bank. You’re not the car...
In this newsletter:
- The Dream
- Patricia Ryan Madson
- Improv Wisdom
- 13 Improv Maxims
- Key Life Skills from Improv
- YouTube Improve example
The Dream
It was 2015. I was walking across Harvard Yard, on the way to my classroom. My heart was pounding, breathing was difficult, it was hard...
In this newsletter:
- A Daily Fight
- Turning Pro
- Characteristics of an Amateur
- Becoming a Professional
- Qualities of a Professional
- The pro mindset to overcome Resistance
A Daily Fight
Every day, I get out of bed ready to fight.
It's always the same fight, against the same...
In this newsletter:
- Kokomo - The Beach Boys
- Music changes us
- This is your brain on music
- Daniel J. Levitin
- Health benefits of music
- Beach party research trip:
- Key West, Florida
- Aruba
Kokomo - The Beach Boys
[Intro]
Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I...
In this newsletter:
- Resistance
- Steven Pressfield
- Orchestras, Recipes, and Asset Allocation
- Cold water therapy
- Pot and Yoga
- Beach party research trip
Resistance
“How many of us have become drunks and drug addicts, developed tumors and neuroses, succumbed to painkillers,...
In this newsletter:
- The Creative Habit
- Twyla Tharp - choreographer
- 12 lessons from The Creative Habit
- Movin' Out - Twyla and Billy Joel
- What I'm learning from writing
The Creative Habit
“I begin each day of my life with a ritual: I wake up at 5:30 A.M., put on my workout...
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