I started my day today grinding this up and brewing a cup, realizing how much I enjoyed being in Australia. Not only was it great taking a family trip and spending time with my sister-in-law there, but I learned a lot about how much of a difference culture makes on character. In general, at least … Continue reading A Baseline Of Quality Over Convenience
If we want to be heard, we must first stop making noise. Distance and time are no longer barriers to communication. Distance has become irrelevant and the time between putting a message into the world and having that message received has condensed down to nearly an instant. The new barrier to communication is noise. Everyone … Continue reading It Is Better To Be Better
Be grateful for the moments of joy you experience with those you love, no matter how brief they may be, because someday they will be but a memory. Neither time nor joy are promised to us. How much we experience of each in this life is largely a factor of providence. How well we experience … Continue reading Presence, Joy, & Regret
Simply because you are in motion does not mean that you are moving forward. We do a lot of things from day to day to keep ourselves busy, to keep ourselves feeling like we are accomplishing something and making progress. There is an inherent problem with being busy all the time though. It is difficult … Continue reading Motion Is Not Progress
“There is always a market for the highest quality.” —Tim Ferriss Complexity is a means of hiding poor quality, not improving it. It is better to start with fewer, higher quality ingredients, to intentionally limit yourself, and to highlight those ingredients than it is to start with a larger quantity of low quality ingredients and … Continue reading Complexity Does Not Equate To Quality
