Aug 18, 2011 Posted by Tom

Affluenza

More than ever, we have big houses and broken homes, high incomes and low morale, secured rights and diminished civility. We excel at making a living but often fail at making a life. We celebrate our prosperity but yearn for purpose. We cherish our freedoms but long for connection. In an age of plenty, we feel spiritual hunger. – David Meyer — People don’t need enormous cars, they need... read more

Aug 11, 2011 Posted by Tom

Pushing Through

When you’re running, there’s a little person that talks to you, and that little person says ‘I’m tired, my lungs are going to pop, I’m so hurt, I’m so tired.  There’s no way I could possibly continue!’ and you want to quit.  If you learn how to defeat that person while you’re running, you will learn how to not quit when things get hard in your... read more

Jul 22, 2011 Posted by Tom

A Finger in Too Many Pies

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. – English Idiom — All right, so let’s get the elephant in the room out of the way first.  That quote was crap.  I know it.  You know it.  (And if you find a better quote about diversification, e-mail me or leave it in the comments and I’ll update it!) I’m going to venture into territory I’m not overly experienced with... read more

Jul 14, 2011 Posted by Tom

Commitment

There’s a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstance permit. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results. – Unknown — Most people don’t really like to commit.  Usually because once you’ve committed to something you’re, well…  committed.  You... read more

Jul 8, 2011 Posted by Tom

Taking a Step Back

What was once called the objective world is a sort of Rorschach ink blot, into which each culture, each system of science and religion, each type of personality, reads a meaning only remotely derived from the shape and color of the blot itself. –Lewis Mumford, “Orientation to Life,” The Conduct of Life, 1951 — Influence is a powerful weapon in both the right and wrong hands. ... read more

Nov 19, 2010 Posted by Tom

Education Isn’t What it Used to be Part 2

Every education system in the world is being reformed at the moment. And it’s not enough. Reform is no use anymore.  Because that’s simply improving a broken model.  What we need … is not evolution but a revolution in education. – Sir Ken Robinson — So, where were we? Ah yes.  Degrees. My point in saying that degrees are not worth what they used to be worth is not to... read more

Nov 16, 2010 Posted by Tom

Education Isn’t What it Used to be

In the next thirty years, according to UNESCO, more people worldwide will be graduating through education since the beginning of history.  And it’s the combination of … technology and its transformation effect of work, and demography and the huge explosion in population.  Suddenly, degrees aren’t worth anything. – Sir Ken Robinson — To be frank, this is going to be a very... read more