My professional life has been centred around “problem solving” and providing support to people, primarily regarding technical issues. Not to over-generalize, but I think that is a common path for many men - that role of “fixer” that we either gravitate to, or are directed towards. For myself, I’ve come to see how fixing “something” …
Releasing My Need To Be Right
Recently, I had one of my close friends from university send me a link to a video featuring a couple of speakers presenting their ideas on faith & science. In the years since university, I’ve become more comfortable in my relationship with “faith”. I recall back then that I felt “different” or “defective” in not …
Awe and the Speed of Light
I enjoyed physics back in high school and have continued to study it informally as I’ve grown older. There’s no way I can seriously state that I understand all of it, and that’s ok - sometimes it’s great to just be lost in wonder at this language that we’ve created in order to explain existence. …
Habits & Gravity
A few weeks ago, I was listening to an episode of “DarrenDaily”, the daily podcast of motivational speaker & coach Darren Hardy, and he relayed the story of a student & master walking through a forest. The master directed the student to destroy a small shoot starting to appear through the undergrowth. The student did …
