Circumstances Don't Matter as Much as This...

The quality of our lives depends on how we assign meaning to what happens around us. Two people can face the same event and interpret it in completely different ways.

Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning reminds us that even in the darkest circumstances, we have the power to choose our perspective. Meaning is what transforms suffering into strength and purpose into peace.

What "bad things" can you reframe and assign new meaning to?

Better Than Before

In any kind of relationship, I believe both parties should feel better off because of the relationship than they would be otherwise.

Imagine the value we'd create if we approached every interaction intending to both benefit as a result.

The simple intent is to aspire to leave things, people, companies, individual interactions...better than before.

I hope to leave this earth having done that.

Learning How Not What

Thanks to technology there is diminishing value in memorizing facts. Critical thinking, the ability to analyze facts to form judgements, is a valuable skill to come out of any academic system.

Let's not optimize educating people so they remember just enough to repeat what they heard and get it right on the test.

It's hard to exaggerate the difference between teaching someone what to think versus how to think.