The downsides to being extremely beautiful, intelligent or wealthy might make you grateful you’re just Joe or Jane Average.
Continue readingBe Glad You Aren’t Too Beautiful, Too Smart, or Too Rich
Essays
What Chekov’s Dog Taught Me About Purposeful Creativity
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“Kashtanka” — Anton Chekov’s short story about a dog with two masters — is a fable about the conundrum of the creative life.
Continue readingPolitical Correctness: Censorship’s Sneaky Cousin
What Kim Kardashian, Nike and the Dalai Lama’s bowing to political correctness says about censorship in the Information Age.
Continue readingWhat Do You Mean I’m INTENSE?!?!
Positive and negative implications of the term “intense”.
Continue readingHong Kong’s Protests Are Just the Beginning
Hongkongers simply don’t identify themselves as Chinese.
Continue readingNot All Women Are Meant to Be Moms
On peer pressure, late-life motherhood, and why I won’t be having a baby in my forties
Continue readingHow the Office Can Negatively Distort Our Perception of Time
Are you living in Kronos (sequential time) or Kairos (numinous time)? Where and how you work can affect how you experience time.
