Two-word mantras

Sometimes it just takes two words, maybe three, to help you get motivated to be a better human being.

After all the reading and the research and the consultations and the thinking, you can distill much wisdom into short mantras you can repeat to yourself when motivation flags.

Eat less.

Serving and work

A random idea occurred to me. Are we all serving something bigger than ourselves, something noble, through our work, whatever it may be, right now? Since I am a Catholic, I think about it as serving the Lord through my work. Am I serving the Lord through my job? That’

Agentic and mimetic

Having agency, they say, is the only human characteristic that AI can’t replace. Agentic humans do things. They get things done. I’ve written about the need to have more agentic people. But do we need mimetic dudes and dudettes, too? I think so. Mimicry isn’t always bad.

Apex of evolution

It just occurred to me that I may be at the pinnacle of my evolution. For billions of years, living organisms have evolved to produce me. My ancestors, even the one-celled organisms that preceded them, survived ice ages, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, floods, wars, mass extinctions, and cataclysmic events. Now,

Finding more "wow" in 2026

I just came from a vacation that I thought I didn't really need. I found myself in awe and grateful for the things that came my way. Wow, I didn't think the islands and the sand and the beaches and the sparkling waters of Islas de

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Serving and work

Agentic and mimetic

Apex of evolution

Finding more "wow" in 2026