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August 17, 2025

Sorta Random Sunday: Separating the Vital Few From the Trivial Many

In his book Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, Greg McKeown shares his thoughts about the differences between “essentialist” and “non-essentialists.” In a nutshell, essentialists

August 10, 2025

Sorta Random Sunday: Is the Arrival Fallacy Actually Good for Everyone?!

In a previous Sorta Random Sunday post, I talked a bit about the arrival fallacy and if it could actually be a good thing for

August 3, 2025

Sorta Random Sunday: Why I Love Watching Baseball (Even When Nothing Happens)

Baseball is one of the great love son my life. The funny thing is, it kind of disappeared at least in an active sense from

July 27, 2025

Sorta Random Sunday: Choose Uncomfortable Enlargement

In pretty much all aspects of life, with everything that we do, we have a simple choice. We can choose uncomfortable enlargement. Or we can

July 20, 2025

Sorta Random Sunday: The Tennis Method of Time Management

Time management is an important concept for all of us to master. Unfortunately, I don’t think any of us truly ever master it. But we

July 13, 2025

Sorta Random Sunday: Don’t Talk About It Before You Do It

One of the hardest things to do in life is to take action. Which is why most people end up doing a whole lot more

July 6, 2025

Sort Random Sunday: People Are Like Plants

This concept comes from the book, The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt. Honestly it is one of my favorite books. I’ve said that before. But

June 29, 2025

Sorta Random Sunday: Harnessing the Power of Strategic Underachievement

On a first take, it seems pretty weird to be talking about a concept like strategic underachievement. Or really any kind of underachievement. It’s just

June 22, 2025

Sorta Random Sunday: Expanding Your Island of Knowledge Comes at a Cost

As I recently read Ego Is The Enemy by Ryan Holiday, I came across a great quote and idea. Paraphrasing here: As your island of

June 15, 2025

Sorta Random Sunday: Get in the Arena!

If there is one thing that I hope to teach my kids in life (Ok…there are a lot of things but this is a big