I love space. The magnitude of space. The adventures found in space. The numerous ways civilization could have been destroyed, burnt to a crisp, frozen, or experienced spaghettification. And yet, here we are. Photo by Marie-Michèle Bouchard on Unsplash.

If—Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about you   Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,   But make allowance for their doubting too;If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,   Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies,Or, being hated,…

On a daily basis, what three things are you unwilling to negotiate? It might be a specific amount of water consumed, a daily walk, or a bedtime. We often have strong preferences, like the above, that we don’t want to sacrifice. However, when we don’t establish these preferences as non-negotiables we’re often disappointed when they…

Every stage of life has a lesson to teach. Sometimes, a stage of life has more than one lesson. If you don’t pick up that lesson from one stage of life you’ll learn it again in another. Photo by Marko Korb on Unsplash.

It’s amazing what happens when you treat people with kindness and have a general excitement for life people. Spoiler, people like you more. Consider this when approaching situations where you are trying to build rapport. Instead of trying to get people to like you in less honorable ways, e.g. disingenuously, manipulatively. Photo by Jonny Gios…