All you are is a borrowed set of beliefs, assumptions, and rationalizations. — The world is obsessed with originality. You can see it in the face of the street artists who purvey they cares on the corner. You can read it in the comments of those anguished that they can produce a cover song perfectly but struggle with an original beat. You hear…

And no, hard work isn’t gonna save it — I used to hate my job. It was a desk job and I’d hover between falling asleep and trying to look busy for most of the afternoon. Now don’t get me wrong, I loved my boss and my co-workers. The nature of our job was both inspiring and purposeful. At…

It’s not about the money, it’s about how much value you’re providing. — So I’ve worked in the restaurant industry a long time. 10+ years. And one thing I can say is that this industry sucks. Don’t get me wrong, I love the people, the customers, the fast-paced lifestyle. But when it comes to compensation, this industry is the worst. Because most (if…

Self-awareness is one of the greatest superpowers that we are imbued with as human players in this physical world. Feelings like guilt, meta perspective, and transpositional thinking are all mental tools that we use and that separate us out from the animals around us. Now many of us focus our…

An homage to one of my most favorite articles ever — One of the more formative pieces of writing I’ve read in the past decade was a Cracked article by the now retired Jason Pargin (pseudonym David Wong). In this article he espoused some of the raw truths you come across while in the journey of life. But perhaps one of…

The Quick Guide to Making Tough Decisions — I call it The Responsibility Matrix We’ve all be there before. If you haven’t been there in the recent past, you’ll most likely find yourself there again soon enough. And inevitably you will not like it; tough decision time. These are times when it’s 10 at night and you’re considering…

There is no greater pursuit than wisdom. And that’s what I’m trying to do here. I’m trying to build universal wisdom. But we owe it to our kids to start educating them better. [KK1] Working in the restaurant industry for a total of 10 years and being in the military…

In the psychologytoday.com article entitled, “Choosing a Major” one of the guiding lights espoused was to select classes based on the professor’s teaching them, not the classwork itself. The thought here being that engaged professors would enlighten you not just to the coursework, but to the larger workings of the…