Dry skin, thinning hair, and brittle nails are outward manifestations of declining mental health, which will worry you to further declining mental health, and stress you to having more break out of dry skin, thinning hair, and brittle nails.

Making time for exercise is hard, and you can offset lack for movement with a better diet. The problem is a better diet is not that hard. It is kind of dull.

People get hired to do certain jobs or fill certain roles. or at least it should work out that way.

Many of the more compelling examples of success come from people who simply found ways to outlast their competition in the war of attrition, literally the last ones standing who end up getting the spoils.

If you have people who do things for you, whether as an employee, volunteer, or just because, let them know how well they are doing.

Very often, we feel the need to fix a symptom when we should take a step back and try to treat the underlying condition.

'Paying your dues' is a rationalization for the continued hazing of new-ish people. In reality, if you are good enough, you are already good enough and have little need to prove yourself to anyone.

A minor conversation I had with my father almost 40-years-ago about a Broadway play turned into an amazingly simple but powerful lesson on work.

Ask yourself this question and study your answers. You’ll be surprised just how many things don’t seem to function without your assistance.

This is not a trick question. Some people can tune out the world entirely for a while. Many do not.