Change is a word that creates fear and unrest in most people. Change means uncertainty. Change means that we loose a little control. When we change something we venture from what is safe to what is unknown. But to improve we have to change. To not change may be safe and comforting, but it is [...]
Below is a list of my current favorite novels. Too much is going on in these novels for me to tell you the plots, so I will just list my response. I suppose I need some manly books on here. The truth is I don’t read many new fiction books these days as I’m either [...]
I’ve talked in two posts now about how to get good at something. Now I want to encourage you to go deeper in your chosen discipline. You may find what I’m about to say discouraging, but I’ll say it anyway. In “Talent is Overrated” Geoff Colvin says that across almost all disciplines there seems to [...]
For all the people who asked me why I have started eating liver here is a chart that compares some of the vitamins and minerals in liver with apple, carrot, and red meat. I got this table out of a powerpoint presentation by Sally Fallon. The numbers on the table will vary based on the [...]
When reading this please have an open mind. Whenever evaluating long held beliefs about scientific questions it helps to understand that much of what we are told is simply scientists guessing. They make guesses (hypotheses), do some preliminary testing and then tell everyone about them. I don’t have a problem with this. What else can [...]
I’ve been studying health and nutrition like crazy lately. Every time I study nutrition I’m always amazed how many health issues are diet related. For the sake of argument let’s say that 50% of our national health expenditure is solely based on issues that would not occurred if diet was better. I feel that’s conservative [...]
I really enjoy a good hard boiled egg. One whose yolk is orange instead of green and whose white is springy instead of firm. They’re really easy too. Leave the eggs out until they come to room temperature (or you could put them in warm water for a while to speed up the process). This [...]
If there is one thing I wish I had known when I was a kid it would be how to get good at doing something. I always believed that you got good at something by a combination of talent and desire. Unfortunately that is wrong. I’m going to try to dispel that belief and show you how to excel at your chosen pastime.
The first step to becoming good at something is to really that you CAN become good at it. Our society believes deeply in the importance of talent, but the interesting thing about talent is that it doesn’t appear to actually exist. What I mean is that there are people who’s life work it is to look into talent, how it occurs etc. And guess what? They’ve never found it. There is always a practical explanation about why so and so was so good at music or sport or whatever. Now there is something I will call capacity. If you want to be a world class sprinter you pretty much have to be descended from a certain tribe in Kenya. If you want to play in the NBA it helps to be tall. If you want to be an astro-physicist you need a certain IQ. But the good news is that for 95% of the things we want to do even capacity isn’t a limiting factor.
Many of my friends will understand Aja and my reasons for leaving traditional church settings, but I’m all too aware that to some we seem flighty or even just plain off. In light of this I want to write a little something to explain where we are coming from, if not to persuade others to [...]
I’m so excited. I just got this in the mail today. It’s what Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine, who is my all time favorite guitar player, uses to make reverse reverb. If you don’t know what that is you can hear it on YouTube. I found it on ebay used for less than $200. [...]