In his latest Pinkcast, Dan Pink asks: why are successful people so lonely? To help find the answer, Dan engages the help of Arthur Brooks, Harvard professor and author of From Strength to Strength. Brooks claims that the problem is that while successful people may have many friends — they may not be the right kind. … Continue reading If This Is True, Then I Should Have Lots of Real Friends
Starting tomorrow, Villanova University will no longer require masks to be worn in our indoor facilities, such as the classrooms. I have been waiting for this day for a while, and it is finally here. Other than a two-week break to start the Fall 2021 semester, we have been wearing masks since the Fall of … Continue reading Our School’s Mask Requirement Has Been Lifted!
I remember when our oldest son was around 10 years old how much he enjoyed the Choose Your Own adventures series of books. Here’s a description from Wikipedia: Choose Your Own Adventure, or Secret Path Books is a series of children’s gamebooks where each story is written from a second-person point of view, with the reader assuming the role of the … Continue reading Choose Your Own Adventure: Volume 2
That was the result I received after taking a six-question quiz to determine if I am burned out at work, and if so, what is causing my burnout. The quiz, which took less than a minute, was in today's Wall Street Journal. Hopefully, this link will work if you're interested: Take the Quiz The different … Continue reading “Congratulations! You’re OK for Now.”
It was time for me to pick up a pack of new razors today, and so while browsing through the selections at Target, I narrowed it down to two choices. I have no built-in brand preference for razors, it seems like I choose randomly whatever pack of razors catches my fancy at the moment. A … Continue reading I Decided to Splurge Today
I was scrolling through my phone this morning and I came across this short story about Twitter and its stock performance yesterday (Thursday): Shares of Twitter Inc. slid 5.56% to $34.48 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 2.44% to 4,477.44 … Continue reading I Want This Technology for My Blog
It's an American tradition. Piling into the car and setting off an adventure. When I graduated college, two friends and I took a road trip from Pennsylvania to Vail to visit another one of our friends. It was a great trip. The day we arrived, our friend in Vail quit his job so he could … Continue reading Road Trip!
Note: a hat tip to a Villanova student for sending me the information that led to this blog post... A recent study looked at the average happiness of the songs played over a week in a country and compared it with what happened in the country’s stock markets that week. They found that more-positive listening … Continue reading Music Monday: Please Listen To Happy Music – I’ll Be Able to Retire Sooner
I can't believe you're still reading this. Wasn't the title enough of a warning? Today was about as uneventful as a day could get. Now don't get me wrong, I don't mind such days. But it does make it hard to write anything interesting. So let's see. here was my day: an easy 30-minute workout … Continue reading Uneventful Day Leads to Uneventful Blog
Are you a perfectionist when it comes to trying to craft the perfect thank you note? If so, Dan Ariely has some solid advice for you in the email exchange below. Dear Dan, I know I should probably write thank-you notes for the holiday gifts I received, but I’m bad at composing them. I end … Continue reading Thank You Notes: Just Do It
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