How can a hyperactive Ego stop you from bold action?

#421 – How can a hyperactive Ego stop you from bold action?Richard Dawkins’s selfish gene theory (1976) says your genes don’t really care about you. They care about staying alive through you. You’re just their vehicle.Your genes p...

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Sep 01, 2025
What about inner peace sends your Ego into a spin?

#420 – What about inner peace sends your Ego into a spin?Inner peace sounds like a great place to be. Yet your Ego hates it: your peace threatens its very existence.I discovered it yesterday, as I dragged my feet to my morning meditation, which I end...

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Aug 31, 2025
Why is your Ego so paranoid?

#419 – Why is your Ego so paranoid?"Rationality is what helps you survive."Nassim N. Taleb, Skin in the GameSince your Ego is the internal program running in your brain 24/7 that helps you stay alive, your Ego is rationality.Great, you can thank your...

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Aug 30, 2025
Where did you leave your compassion?

#418 – Where did you leave your compassion?I thought I could save my son, help him reintegrate into normal life, motivate him to be productive.But what I was doing was disregarding his need for and right to happiness.This morning, I had to do some me...

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Aug 29, 2025
Whose time do you live by?

#417 – Whose time do you live by?If you don't stand up to the Ghost of Time Indifference (GoTI), it'll get a hold of your internal calendar and you'll live in perpetual anxiety and/or procrastination.When I'm anxious because my son doesn't seem to us...

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Aug 28, 2025
Why do you insist on being in charge?

#416 – Why do you insist on being in charge?Frustration only happens because you want things to be different. You then go into fixing mode, expecting to effect change––externally.The result? Fists clenched, feet stomping, head shaking.A more eff...

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Aug 27, 2025
How could you let this happen?

#415 – How could you let this happen?You put all the guardrails in place and yet, the worst-case scenario comes to pass. You ruminate, where did I go wrong?Since my son got arrested, every time I saw a pregnant woman radiant with ecstatic expectation...

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Aug 26, 2025
How can you be present when fear and pain sicken you?

#414 – How can you be present when fear and pain sicken you?When fear and pain are so heavy that you can hardly breathe, it's easy to do one of two things:go full-throttle into fixing modego somewhere else (via Netflix, social media, food...)Ple...

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Aug 25, 2025
What if the obstacles are the point?

#412 – What if the obstacles are the point?Running in the Miami summer in the afternoon sounds like buying a lottery ticket for a heart attack or a heat stroke. I always dismissed it as a crazy practice, and rolled my eyes at people doing it, th...

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Aug 23, 2025