Posts Tagged ‘learning’
12 Positive Things You Can Focus On To Ease Your Coronavirus Concerns
(I originally published this piece on Medium). Information is important, but information overload can cause unneeded stress and anxiety. With more time than usual to turn on the TV or scroll through social media, many of us are constantly immersed in Coronavirus conversation. Who is or isn’t worried, who’s still going out to bars, and…
Read MoreThe Secret To Understanding Women
The female mind is one of the most intriguing enigmas known to man. It can be fascinating, or frustrating, both for men and women. Men want to understand women, naturally, to be “better” with them, and build stronger relationships, both intimately, and in other aspects of life. And women want to understand themselves (don’t we…
Read MoreOne Year Later – Hope And Thankfulness
If you had told me one year ago that I would be in a relationship with a girl who I had met at a Halloween party back in 2007, I probably wouldn’t have believed you. If you had told me that about 6 months into the relationship, she would’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer, I…
Read MoreThis New Grading Scale Will Make You Wish You Were Back In School
This is the new grading scale at Frayser Achievement in Tennessee, an elementary school as part of the ASD whose sole purpose is to bring the bottom 5% of schools in TN to the top 25%. Well, where to begin? I remember C’s being average, right? A, B, C, D, F. <— There it is,…
Read MoreHow To Get Over Your Ex
Breakups are rough. We’ve all been there. Some, are rougher than others. Some relationships go as far as sharing a place, maybe a phone bill, maybe one of you even has a kid. There is no such thing as a clean break in these situations, in fact, it probably feels more like a divorce. There…
Read More7 Things We Can Learn From Kids
When each of us come into the world – we are a blank slate. We have the amazing ability to be formed and molded by our surroundings and the people who influence us in the most important of times. As we get older, we fall into routines and ways of thinking that may seem set…
Read MoreSam Harris – Death and the Present Moment (Video)
Death is perhaps the most depressing, avoided topic that any of could think of to discuss. In fact, of the hours of Sam Harris talks I’ve listened to, I admit I stayed away from this one for quite awhile, due to the title. However I’m glad I finally took the plunge – you’ll (hopefully, as…
Read MoreThe beauty of not knowing (Warning: Controversial opinion inside).
This is kind of long so I don’t expect many to read it, but I wanted to write it anyway. Also, some will find this controversial – my intention is never to offend, but to spark thought and discussion. If we are friends on Facebook, many of you have probably seen (and possibly been annoyed…
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