#369 – What do you hope your "excellent" unsolicited feedback will do?Moral superiority is an Ego-driven disease. Once in your system, it turns you into a judging machine––System 1 in full throttle. Symptoms include eye-rolling, scoffing, tsk-tsking,...

#368 – What will you gain when you quit catastrophizing?Catastrophizing leads to paralysis––your Ego's preferred state for you. Quitting is as liberating as breaking any other addiction.Yesterday, while running along the bay in my barefoot shoes, my...

#367 – How will friction improve your life?In a world of "seamless," introducing friction may seem counterproductive. True: things might get clunkier and require more effort. But what about your mind? Will it also get clunkier when you need to put in...

#366 – How do you know when fairness becomes righteousness?Sometimes, sticking to your principles feels necessary. Other times, it's just your Ego pushing your nose up to the sky and crossing your arms, "Nope!"This year, we left our apartment during...

#365 – What challenge taught you the most?We tend to wish life were a walk in the park. Yet if it were, what would we learn?Last night, thoughts of my son's difficulties these past almost nine months kept me awake. What will happen once he's out? How...

#364 – How will you improve the world by practicing nonviolence?Joy Division was wrong: it's not love that will tear us apart––it's hate.In a recent study, authors Algan, Davoine, Renault, and Stantcheva analyzed how emotions influence someone's poli...

#363 – What makes 'set it and forget it' your most effective strategy?Even though you can never guarantee an outcome, setting your course allows you to ensure you're going in the right direction. Because if you're not, it doesn't matter how fast you'...

#362 – What did your Ego get wrong about "right" and "wrong?"Your Ego thinks in absolute terms. You know it's It talking when you hear "always" and "never" in your head. The same's true for its judgment of "right" and "wrong:" it gives its verdict wi...

#361 – What do you expect from yourself, deep down?When life gives you lemons, do you ask yourself, "where did I go wrong?"Even though you know with your rational mind that life is life and is not paying attention to your wants and needs, do you feel...

#360 – How does anger at the world improve your life?The world is the world and does its thing, which has nothing to do with you. So, why would you bother being angry at it?Unfortunately, your Ego and the Ghosts disagree. Mine do, at least.It rains o...