I recently started watching Sixth Sense, a Korean variety show where the producers show the hosts three different restaurants, experiences, or people based on a theme (eg. non-traditional foreign workouts, or innovative chicken restaurants). The producers find two existing entities, and create a third one from scratch, going so far […]
Category: context
Birthdays
Birthdays, and age in general, are super interesting, as they’re part fact and part fiction. The fact comes from the notion that you were indeed born on a certain date, and your age corresponds to how many years since that event has occurred. There are also biological generalities that affect […]
Be Better
The interesting thing about the quest to be better is that it’s a quest without an end. Better is always in relation to something else, so the context matters a great deal. And if you’re always looking to be better than you are, then even when you achieve the state […]
Compasses
More information is always helpful when trying to figure out where you’re going, and a compass is a great tool to get more information. Compasses work to show you whether or not you’re moving in the correct cardinal direction. Did you want to go east? Great, north is that way, […]
Feeding the Birds
We recently started putting out a bit of bird feed in our backyard to try and attract more birds. Intending to replenish a day’s worth of feed in our homemade bird feeder, I ended up spilling a bunch of seeds onto the ground. What initially might look like a mistake […]
Stepping On a Stranger’s Foot
If you accidentally step on a stranger’s foot, it’s probably a reflex to take ownership, apologize, and just move on with your life. If you accidentally forget to send out meeting details to a VIP, or forget a sales call with a client, or hit another car with your own, […]
Or….
“I have to choose between these options” or “These are my options right now.” “I’m stuck” or “I’m feeling stuck and I’m curious as to what’s blocking me.” “So what? I don’t care” or “So what? Are you going to let that stop you?” “I’ve always screwed it up” or […]
“Authenticity”
The dictionary definition of “authentic” is that someone is true to their own personality, spirit, or character. And I think it’s very interesting, because it implies that there is somewhat of a spectrum of authenticity; that you can be more or less true to that internal character that makes up […]
Playing Big, Playing Small
If you’re into personal development like I am, chances are you’re constantly being challenged to play the biggest game that you can. Meaning that you’re looking to do more, level up, scale, etc. While I’ll never encourage anyone to play small, I want to remind you that terms like “big” […]
Credibility Shortcuts
We often use shortcuts to measure the effectiveness, quality, or value or something. We don’t want to test out the speaker system that we see online, we want to buy it and have it work just as we’d imagined when it arrives. So, we use online rating systems, review articles, […]