There’s no shortage of cool, wealthy people to work with in a world abundant with opportunity, says Daniel Priestly. The serial entrepreneur, as I’ve seen, has yet to prove himself wrong. I recently got to sit down to lunch with two-time Emmy award-winning television producer Rushion McDonald who helped mastermind hit game shows like Family… Read More Flourish
We are literal stardust, a replica of the universe. Element % in Earth’s Crust % in Human Body Role in Humans Oxygen (O) ~46% ~65% Found in water, most organic molecules Carbon (C) Trace ~18% Backbone of all organic life Hydrogen (H) Trace ~10% Found in water and organic compounds Nitrogen (N) Trace ~3% Key… Read More Breakthroughs
1. We become what we repeat. 2. Pain + Reflection = Progress 3. Failure is the most information-rich data. (Entrepreneur Tom Bilyeu) 4. We experience life according to our beliefs. (Author Ken Honda) 5. We all fail. Failure is not a life sentence. It’s a moment. We don’t have to stay there. 6. Don’t think,… Read More Starting Over When I Should’ve Gotten There: 12 Truths
Being alone was one of the bitterest disappointments of my young life. People made fun of my stilted manner, my pedantic speech, and my detachment from other people. I walked through the scenes of my life like an outside observer, stepping carefully over the rubble and staying out of trouble. There was very little happiness… Read More Autistic Genius
I was going to say no, I didn’t fall off a cliff, but I – uh, actually, did. And though I lay on the rocks, wishing nothing more than to be wiped off the planet, I somehow made it back up, half-carried by angels, broken bones and all. The bruises linger, but the bones, to… Read More It’s All in the Suffering
It saddens me greatly that I have only one life in which to read and write. All those books I will not have opened, the ignorance I will take with me to my final bed. And of course, the books I will have left unwritten. And yet, I’ve been given, this year, pages to add… Read More Don’t Wait For Your Life
I would rather be read than seen, but delivering my poem on that stage to an audience serious about art and beauty was one of the most gratifying experiences of my life. I have watched my favorite poets online reading from their book at gatherings the way I’ve appreciated figure-skating on the Olympics channel. Very… Read More Sometimes They Love You, Sometimes They Don’t
JK, I wish I had the words and muscle to help bear your load. You have borne your distresses with such amazing grace. Caring for the elderly becomes much like the labor over young children and you are pressed on all fronts with little margin to tend to your own needs. Ariel Levy, staff writer… Read More When Life Doesn’t Cooperate
DAWNING Even in my happy indifference to athletics, striving is something I could understand. The Olympian presses on toward the moment that will redeem the years and pleasures and normalcy he had laid on the altar of glory, challenging the unrivaled to best himself. But men who attack one another—invite the blows and blood—and go… Read More Greatness: The Art of War
Deeply troubled by the reports of violence against the Jews in Europe, Gil Kraus decided to rescue children from the clutches of Nazi Germany, his posh home and successful law practice in Philadelphia treasures he could let go. Even with two kids, 13 and 9—and perhaps because of them—he was willing to confront danger for… Read More WHY AMERICA IS GREAT and WHY IT ISN’T
A Holistic Journey 