What if you knew how people would use a room before you bought the furniture? When designing spaces, or outfitting them with items, we rarely know how humans will interact with the space. Once …
Being a pro
In Steven Pressfield’s famous book, The War of Art, he talks about the moment when you become a professional creative. It has nothing to do with compensation. It’s the moment when you begin …
Tradeoffs
Any good game has trade offs between risk and reward. In Hearts, you can shoot the moon, or get stuck with a lot of points. In rummy, you can hold your aces hoping to play them for 15 points each, but …
Which way
It’s a way, but is it the best way? Sometimes it doesn’t matter and other times that question makes all the difference. Is that the best way to fry an egg? Meh, who cares. I’m hungry …
Punish the puppy
Feedback for the puppy is helpful. When it pees in the house and you see it happen, it should hear a stern “No.” But punishment, locking it in a room, or not feeding it because it did something …
Here not there
At least we are here. At least we are not there. When you are feeling down, and when things are difficult, your “here” is almost certainly better than many “there”s in the …