I was in Philadelphia this week for a conference and had just a bit of time to wander around town. I saw the Liberty Bell, which was cool, but was floored to see homeless people trying to get warm over a grate less than a block away.
Any thoughts on these types of experiences? How do [...]

This weekend I attempted to complete the challenge from A Complaint Free World (http://tinyurl.com/65yey8).
I didn’t do so well. A couple of things I learned:
1) My thoughts are much more negative than I realized.
2) Health and energy matters. Lack of sleep made me much more negative.
3) If I practiced this until I could go 21 days [...]

This weekend I’ve decided to take the challenge laid out in A Complaint Free World (http://tinyurl.com/65yey8). Here’s the short version:
1) wear a bracelet or rubber band on your wrist
2) don’t complain, gossip or criticize
3) if you break rule #2, move the bracelet to your other wrist
Tim Ferris reported his results here: http://tinyurl.com/yvadjk.
Hunter Nuttal wrote a [...]

Technically I failed in my assignment of connecting with an old friend by phone. I called, but didn’t get any callbacks. However, I think in the larger sense this challenge was successful because it gave me the inspiration to rethink my introverted ways and focus more on connecting with others.
Did you follow along with this [...]

I’ve had a rough week. Normally, I would go home and veg in front of the TV or with a book, but I’ve seen some research on happiness that suggests that connecting with friends and family is a better solution to stress.
This weekend I’m going to try to call a couple of friends that I [...]