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Why Life’s Big Events Don’t Matter So Much 7 Feb 2013 | 06:10 am
That dream job, promotion, mate, house, car, or dreaded breakup, surprise job loss, devastating diagnosis may not matter so much. Most of us dream about or worry about how big events in our lives are ...
Sunk Costs, The Past, and The New Year 13 Jan 2013 | 08:24 pm
The central point is the past is the past and any investment that occurred in the past is already sunk, therefore the term “sunk costs”. If you continue something because you have already invested tim...
To Your Perfect Health 24 Dec 2012 | 08:44 pm
We worry about the most unlikely things most of which are totally out of our control and yet most of us don’t do the one thing that we have almost total control over - eat healthy. Even most of us who...
Why You Shouldn’t Believe Information Reported in the Media 11 Dec 2012 | 08:28 am
This article is not a 20 second read and that is the point. You can’t explain something complex without spending some time on it. A couple of weeks ago I was moving around in the house in the mornin...
Lessons From the Shoeless and the Homeless 4 Dec 2012 | 08:39 am
I would rather give $5 to an organization that actually has some qualifications and experience in how to help people. Organizations that give them something like a hot meal or a place to stay. Your $5...
Putting Things Into Perspective 14 Nov 2012 | 02:44 am
There are 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars in the universe. The universe itself existed for hundreds of millions of lifetimes before you were born. Most of the mass of your body is made of stard...
What Doesn’t Kill You – and What Does 26 Jun 2012 | 07:38 pm
Friedrich Nietzsche said what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, but I’m convinced what doesn’t kill you makes you afraid. This article is about what doesn’t kill you. I get so tired of the media ...
Seriously Were the 80’s Really This Bad? 25 Jun 2012 | 02:25 am
Holy crap, I just don’t remember it this way. Maybe I wasn’t paying attention. Get Free Updates to The Rat Race Trap by Email here or via a reader in the top left sidebar. I would love to have y...
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf – A Review 12 Jun 2012 | 07:27 pm
This is a review of The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: Risk Taking, Gut Feelings and the Biology of Boom and Bust . This strangely titled book is about how stress, excitement, and risky behavior triggers...
You Have A Dream, So Now What? 30 May 2012 | 01:15 am
Note from Stephen: I’ve been taking a break from posting. Here is a guest article by Mario Taylor II, Co-Author of Plan “B” Sucks: Work on Your Dreams, Not Your Boss’s If I told you to meet me at t...