​On Accountability

Here’s a modification I’d like to present to the system that I described earlier: May the money that one person receives from the other person who has failed to live up to his/her progress for the week be used to purchase a gift for that person, which is to be given when he/she meets or […]

“We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living. We know how to sacrifice ten years for a diploma, and we are willing to work very hard to get a job, a car, a house, and so on. But we have difficulty remembering that we are alive in the present moment, the only moment there is for us to be alive.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

Today is a decision day for many people. I know I have made mine this week— Sacrifice and living need not be opposite. Roosevelt University beckons.

True Learning.

Let me listen to the way a musician learns new pieces of totally unfamiliar music for an hour, and I will tell you how secure he or she will ever be with ALL of his or her music in performance and long-term recall for life, if his/her method does not change—no matter how many hours […]