In the past couple of days I got a lesson in not taking things personally.* Yesterday someone I know surprised me by being very upset and blaming me for something. It took…
Author: Chris
From the Vault: Generating a Positive Attitude No Matter What (11/23/18)
Tonight I wanted to do something different, so I am writing about an older post: Day 112: It’s All About Attitude (Part 2) (from November 23, 2018) In this post, I recount…
Vanguard’s Courage to be Disliked
In “The Courage to Be Disliked” by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga, the authors lay out a clear case for how freedom comes from the willingness to be disliked. There are many…
Reaching for Satisfaction (2024 Running Edition)
Today is Saturday, and Saturday is the day I usually do my longest run of the week. Recently I have been rethinking my routine as I ponder what I want for my…
Thoughts on Blogging, Digital Footprints, and Personal Agendas
Today I got to thinking about why I write my blog. What really is it I’m up to with this? Of course, it would be sufficient just to say that it’s fun…
The Game of Achievement
Our society is achievement focused. As a result, so are we. We focus on ways we can truthfully announce that we are enough to hang with the rest, that we are indeed…
Musing on “Separating Tasks”
One of my big takeaways from “The Courage to Be Disliked” is the idea of “separating tasks.” I mentioned it a few posts ago. Basically, it is the idea of knowing what…
No One Said It Wasn’t an Effort
“The Courage to Be Disliked,”* an extended Socratic discussion involving a youth and a philosopher, makes frequent uses of analogies as the Philosopher make his compelling points. One such analogy is that…
Thoughts on Blogging and Book-Writing
Working on a full-fledged book for the last nine months has changed my view of writing. Before last year, blog posts were just about the most significant writing I had done,* other…