Reasons Are Bullshit!

"The problem with reasons  is that they’re just   excuses prettied up." I always used to be late to the board meeting of Working Machines, a corporation located in Berkeley, an hour from where I live. Invariably, after a frantic hour of aggressive and...

Right Or Wrong

In life we will often find ourselves playing the game of right and wrong. The rules seem quite simple: I win if I am right—and you are wrong. I once had a heated disagreement with my wife, Ruth, about something silly just as I was leaving to walk over to my friend Doug’s...

Use Your Brain

If you take time to be aware of your current mental state and then deliberately alter it, you can force your brain into more balanced activities. Eventually, this de-stressing becomes automatic. Various types of dysfunctional behavior are associated with a lack of balance...

Who controls your brain?

We generally like to think we are in charge of our actions. Society has a stake in us believing that, or there would be no way to justify restraining and punishing people with antisocial behaviors. Nevertheless, we know that some of the things we do are not controlled...

The Familiar Unfamiliar

To forge a new attitude toward the events and relationships in your life, you must learn to look at them with a fresh perspective. It's a common practice during creativity seminars to give participants a bag full of materials and tools and then a problem to solve. The...

The Meaning Of Achievement

At the risk of sounding immodest, I've won a lot of awards. I have drawers filled with them. They are nice to receive and sometimes the dinners are fun. However, the next morning when I wake up and look at them - the glass paperweight, the certificates - they don't really...

Why saying no is important.

Saying "no" is not necessary all the time. But sometimes there are situations, where you have to say no to somebody because your no can be favourable to all the people at that time. On the contrary, I agree that this may affect your relationships. But let me make you...

Things make us sad.

1. Always thinking about the future that what's going to happen and what will not. 2. Always recalling the past feelings and becoming sad about it.         But let me tell you that thinking about the past and the future is never...