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Coming Out of Your Closet: Teyonah Parris, Adam Chandler, David Leavitt, and You
Yesterday’s piece on Betty Ming Liu’s quest for self-liberation got me thinking about authenticity. Today, I ran across stories about two people, each on their own quest for it: For Teyonah Parris (who plays Don Draper’s secretary Dawn on Mad Men) the quest was to accept her beautiful natural hair: “I was walking down the…
Read MoreBetty Ming Liu Quits Her Job: Liberated Time Management in Action!
If your job is not central to your mission, but simply a way to earn money, then one of the profoundest acts of self-liberation you can make is to reduce your hours or (even better) quit. Blogger Betty Ming Liu just quit her job, and her list of goals for her next stage is awesome:…
Read MoreDave Grohl on The Truth About How to Succeed in the Music Industry
If You’re Going to Ponder, Ponder With a Pink Feather Pen
Ponder this way: Not this way:
Read MoreSleep Deprivation and Early School Starts May Be Driving Your Teen Crazy
Many teens are chronically sleep deprived, and many would do MUCH better if school started later: Evidence that sleep is important is overwhelming. Elegant research has demonstrated its critical role in memory consolidation and our ability to generate innovative solutions to complex problems. Sleep disruption increases the level of the stress hormone cortisol. Impulsive behaviors,…
Read MoreYoga Can Help With Creative Block
This article recommending yoga as a solution for creative block makes a lot of sense. First, as the article points out, a lot of creative endeavors, including even writing, can tax the body: As a yoga teacher, Bobowicz was concerned about the repetitive stress that plagues artists as they work. “Jewelers can hammer over and…
Read MoreEnid Blyton: Prolific Writer
The Guardian reports on a new exhibit on famed British children’s writer Enid Blyton. She produced more than 700 books, mainly for young readers, and was very disciplined both in her writing habits and her bookkeeping and business management: But grown-up visitors will be intrigued to see how little editing Blyton’s manuscripts needed. She would…
Read MoreSeth Godin on Why You Shouldn’t Take Critics Too Seriously
“Have you noticed just how often the critics disagree with one another? And how often they’re just wrong? “And yet we not only read them, but we believe them. Worse, we judge ourselves, contrasting our feelings with their words. Worse still, we sometimes think we hear the feared critic’s voice before we even ship our…
Read MoreWhat Procrastination Looks Like
Study: College Students Motivated by Intrinsic Rewards do Better Than Those Motivated by Money
The trouble is that many lower-income students don’t have the luxury of studying an unremunerative field just because they’re interested in it. According to this University of Rochester study, many choose a major more on the basis of whether they feel they can earn a living doing it than any intrinsic liking for it. This…
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