Monthly Archives: April 2022

With the de facto focus on the things of life and the pursuits therein, whether trivial or meaningful, remembering death has been an important facet to life for centuries. The concept of memento mori, the reminder of death, has evolved over the years from actual skulls to pictures, to other tokens and reminders that deathContinue reading “Memento vivre”

Training, and the repetitions that are inherent in training, are essential not simply for establishing the ability to perform a particular action or procedure but even more, in learning how to troubleshoot the complications and inherent variations within a procedure.  The first step in overcoming a complication is recognizing that a complication has occurred. TheContinue reading “Complications: The Point of Resistance”

There are no passive bystanders, no actual flies on the wall. Every single person within a group changes the dynamics and direction of the group regardless of the size. Each individual changes the energy and changes the conversation. There is no option of simply being fluff, the innocent bystander, a passive observer. Whether as aContinue reading “What Do You Bring?”

“Tell me with whom you consort and I will tell you who you are; if I know how you spend your time, then I know what might become of you. “ -Goethe  The company one keeps is a critical determinant of the person that one is becoming. Those with whom one associates with change bothContinue reading “Company”

Neil Gaiman, the author of many notable books including American Gods, Sandman, Stardust, and Neverwhere was interviewed on the Tim Ferris show about many aspects of his personal as well as professional career. Writing is one of the interesting careers where one must balance a degree of creativity and inspiration with the raw grit andContinue reading “To Think or Write”