A couple of weeks ago I heard a fantastic speech given by one of my favorite college professors – Reed Arvin.  Reed has had an amazing life – writing, recording and producing for many years in the Nashville music scene, teaching music and technology (which I was privileged to be one of his students) and [...]

In his book “White Bears and Other Unwanted Thoughts”, Daniel Wenger discusses perhaps one of the most annoying, yet fascinating aspects of the human brain:  you cannot dwell on the reverse of an idea.  The simple illustration is one most of us have heard of – “don’t think about a polar bear”.  Immediately, what [...]

In the book “Get Out of Your Own Way”, Dr. Robert Cooper explores the twists of turns of how the human brain operates – sometimes even getting in its own way.  In my reading today, I came across an interesting quote: “Neuroeconomics also show that people perceive their life symbolically, not just literally.”  That very [...]

What does simplicity look like?  I think, on one hand, when people say “I want to simplify my life” there’s a Norman Rockwell-esque idea of ‘simpler days’ & ‘taking time to smell the roses’.  Baked into that ideal somewhere is often the notion that ‘simpler’ means ‘easier’.  But does it really?  I guess it [...]

Recently I started reading “Get Out of Your Own Way”, by Dr. Robert K. Cooper.  While discussing some fascinating aspects of how the human brain operates, Cooper states the following:
“The writer Walker Percy once said that a tragedy of our modern life is that everything is interesting but nothing becomes deeply important.  One of [...]