October 2019

You know, there are some times when there’s just too much going on. There seems to be disorganization of work. It’s like the feeling that I know there’s a bunch of things that I need to do, but when it comes to actually working on them, it just seems like things get scattered. I’m still […]

So a lot of this work is about establishing discipline, removing bad habits, developing good habits, self-control, self-management. But an important part of this self-management is to know when to take a break. People that train themselves with discipline, well, they typically know this too well. We take too many breaks. We’re too ready to

My thought for today is about light. What does it mean to have the sunlight? You can see here, beautiful sunny day, even though we’re in October in Toronto and the days are getting shorter. They’re now shining. You can see beautiful sunlight dappling in the treetop through my window. Even on my shirt you

So my thought for today is the difference between the feeling of where you’re at in your life versus where you’re going in your life. And I thought about the difference between these, how you feel like your life is like now, how satisfied you are with your circumstances, versus the feeling of where you

So today I took a maintenance day. And what is a maintenance day? A day when my only assigned work is in upkeep, personal maintenance, personal administration, upkeep, cleaning, cooking, arranging, organizing, getting everything into a clear state. Of course, throughout our days we have to do things like cooking and cleaning, but there’s something

So it seems to me like there really isn’t anything sadder in the world than loneliness, isolation, the feeling of being cut off from anyone else. You could imagine somebody that has all the wealth and advantages you can imagine, except they’re completely alone, isolated from other people. That person would be miserable. There may

No matter where you are, one thing is clear: your mindset WILL shift. You could be in the happiest state of your life, you could be in the most miserable state of your life. It’s always going to shift. A simple obvious point, like so many of the things I say. Pretty simple and obvious,

I’m fascinated by the idea of self-leadership, connected to ideas like personal sovereignty, the idea that we can be our own kingdom, where each person is like a country of our own. And I believe this metaphor can be very useful. In a sense we have personal government. We make policy for ourselves. We negotiate

Another angle to the whole idea of mistakes are okay, it’s alright to have a mistake, make a mistake every day: another angle that just came to me that I’m seeing today is really mistakes are funny. They are such a fertile source of good humour. How many jokes are based on someone doing something

Today was a very hot day here in Toronto, and it really- it’s really going to be the last hot day for many months. It was full t-shirt and shorts weather, really hot, humid, full summer weather. And it’s now going into October, and it’s gonna get cold. And so my thought for today is