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As evolved as we humans have become, in general we still let our hard-wired instincts take over when deciding what’s risky or scary. The 24-hour news channels and local TV networks are happy to play along. Nowhere is this more true than with foreign travel, where the perception of risk based on some long-ago incident …
A recent story in the New York Times says there’s increasing evidence that if you’re multitasking all day, you’re getting a lot less done in the end. “Multitasking is going to slow you down, increasing the chances of mistakes,” said David E. Meyer, a cognitive scientist and director of the Brain, Cognition and Action Laboratory …
The world is a book. If you don’t travel, you only read one page. – St. Augustine You’ve probably seen that inspiration quote a lot, but most likely it was posted by a traveler. Those who only read one page don’t seem to notice what they’ve missed. For a business publication I write for I …
I never imagined there would come a day when I would link to an editorial in House & Garden magazine, but this piece on smartsizing is a winner. It discusses the ridiculousness and pure waste of home sizes that have ballooned to, in parts of Connecticut, 27,000 square feet and more. Neighbors are working to …
This editorial in USA Today came out back in June, but I’m just getting around to posting about it. Titled, “Hey grads, have you figured out the rest of your life yet?” it goes into all the reasons why messing around for a while and finding your right path is important. The reason he is …