The Saturday Evening Post published my latest column, De-Clutter Your Life. This article explores how we have too much stuff in our lives and our worlds and it is making us exhausted, sick, unhappy, and crazy. Stuff can include the cultural, technological, spatial, temporal, psychological, physical, social, and material varieties. Just as importantly, this article examines [...]
The Saturday Evening Post published my latest column, "Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda: Living a Life Without Regret." This article explores what I consider to be the worst emotion that you can experience: regret. Regret involves looking back on your life and wishing you had done things differently. Rarely do people feel regret for what they did, but [...]
The Saturday Evening Post published my most recent column, "Gratitude: Get What You Get and Don't Get Upset." Gratitude is such a simple, yet powerful emotion. In fact, one of the most surprising and robust findings in research on happiness is the effect that expressing gratitude has on one’s basic level of happiness. In a [...]
The Saturday Evening Post published my most recent column, Worrying Does More Harm Than Good. Worry is a natural part of the human condition. It has historically played a vital role in our survival and it helps us cope with many of the challenges we face today. At the same time, worry that is too [...]
The Saturday Evening Post published my most recent column, 3 Keys to Resolving Conflict. The reality is that conflict is an inevitable part of the human condition. So, it's not about avoiding conflict (though minimizing its frequency certainly makes for a better life) as it is about resolving it in a way that rebuilds relationships [...]
The Saturday Evening Post published my most recent column, Does Our Primitive Survival Instinct Still Work in the 21st Century? Our survival instinct, which has served us so well since we climbed out of the primordial muck eons ago may now be failing us. Why? Because the fight-or-flight reaction that arises in response to a threat [...]
The Saturday Evening Post published my most recent column, How to Let Go of Fear of Failure. Fear of failure is epidemic in our culture among children and adults alike. This essay explores the debilitating effect that fear of failure can have on people. It also offers advice on ways that people can let go of [...]
The Saturday Evening Post just published my latest column, Contrariwise: Common Sense Is Neither Common Nor Sensible. This commentary suggests that common sense is over-rated for two reasons. First, most people make truly dunderheaded decisions, so so-called common sense can't be that common. Second, common sense doesn't often produce the sensible decision, so there's not a whole [...]
The Saturday Evening Post just published my latest column, How Do We Humans Ever Make Good Decisions. The article explores why we are so bad at making good decisions (hint: paradoxically, it's evolutionary), the cognitive biases that distort our thinking, and how you can take steps to improve your decision making, especially when you are faced [...]
The Saturday Evening Post just published my latest Change Your Mind column titled "Life is Fragile: Say 'I Love You a Lot." Life can seem so fragile and uncertain sometimes, so it's important to let the people we love know how we feel, just in case.
