What we are becoming is of greater importance than: What we are: because being crap matters less if we're becoming greater and being great matters less if we're becoming worse.What we do: because what we do is but an even smaller scope of what we are.What we have: because what you do with what you... Continue Reading →
It works from the inside out
Edification is about improving your capacity to be good. Not just do good, but to capable of doing good constantly enough it's inseparable from your character. If you're ever trying to fake it, or if you're putting on a show or in any way not in it for the authentic long hall, than you're very... Continue Reading →
An unsuspecting black hole
So by now, I've hopefully put forward a pretty clear case as to how dangerously common, insatiable, debilitating, and addictive gratification is. It's very much like life is white water rafting through a flood of gratification because anybody who doesn't quickly learn to get on top and stay on top of the dangers can far... Continue Reading →
Unhelpfully helping others
So it should be very obvious by this point how unhelpful gratification is but let me address it for a moment in the context of how we go about helping others. Gratification so often looks like we're doing something good when in reality, we're not. The same is true when it comes to our interactions... Continue Reading →
Gratification is addictive
Gratification itself is addictive, not just the individual dependencies that come to mind when we think of addiction. Smoking, alcohol, meth, gambling, sex, social media etc. all often feel like separate aspects of our lives which leads many of us to believe that if we can just keep them separate that they won't effect the... Continue Reading →
Daily foundation
Great days don't have to be random chance. They can be made, even with a very high rate of success. There's multiple recipes and you might wanna try out a wide variety before you settle down on your unique flavours and preferences, but eventually you're likely going to find that with just an hour or... Continue Reading →
Gratifying lies
When we talk about it, it makes sense. Excuses are excuses. However, when it's not the conscious part of our discussion, we still too often end up living the lie, spending our days making the same gratifying comments or thinking the same unhelpful things: If only I had... I'll be happy when... Life will finally... Continue Reading →
The unprepared will too likely gratify
In case this hasn't been sufficiently explicitly stated thus far: the unprepared are too likely to do themselves more harm than good in acquiring any degree of mass resources. It's dangerous. If the way one currently spends their existing resources indicates they gratify themselves more than edifying themselves then adding more 'capacity' will surely just... Continue Reading →
Tighten your world
Don't forget the rest If you want to take 'making the most of life' seriously, you're going to need to give at least some consideration to not just your primary connections and stakeholders, but all of them. It remains my current opinion that we live in a world where most of us feel a need... Continue Reading →
Work
Keep work prioritised Remember your own priority order of connections & stakeholders. Specific employers or clients aren't likely on the top of your list. If you happen to agree with me, they're probably behind/below your own conscience, your spouse as well as your kids and maybe even family and friends. Appreciating that there might be... Continue Reading →
Edifying Success 