Are you an artist, or an athlete? Are you a woman? Let’s find out. In this chaotic world we now live in, there are millions of people trying to identify as something they are not. And it extends far beyond race or gender. Young men set up an Instagram page or dating profile to make […]

It Takes Two   Kids need both a mom and a dad. The parents don’t necessarily have to get along, or even occupy the same living space. But they both have to play a role in a child’s life, and have their son or daughter’s best interest in mind. This, however, can mean two different

Good-bye, Comfort Zone – The backflip   One Saturday afternoon I was swimming at a famous beach in Busan, South Korea, called Haewondae. The waves there are never usually very high, but there used to be a big mound of sand you could dive off of as the tide was coming up, and I walked out to

The Laws of the Universe   How do you know what you ‘can’ and ‘can’t’ do? It would make sense to start with ‘The Laws of the Universe.’ No, I’m not talking about laws like ‘the law of divide oneness,’ or ‘the law of attraction.’ I’m talking about physical (Newton’s laws) and scientific laws that

As a butterfly slowly breaks through its chrysalis, it is at the same time developing the strength to fly. If a young child happens to come along just at the right time to witness the final stage of its metamorphosis, they might be inclined to help set the butterfly free. But in doing so, they

Don’t talk to strangers (the board game)   There used to be a board game when I was young called ‘Don’t Talk to Strangers.’ With the roll of a die, the winner and loser was determined almost entirely by luck, just like in ‘Snakes and Ladders,’ with just one small variation in which strategy or

One of the first things you do in kindergarten (at least when I was a kid) is sit down at a table shared by other kids and draw a picture. The teacher gives everybody a piece of paper and puts a bunch of crayons in the center of the table, and tells them to draw

In Napoleon Hill’s famous book ‘Think and Grow Rich,’ he devotes an entire chapter to the transmutation of sexual energy, whereby one takes their powerful sexual urges and impulses and transforms them into the pursuit of a goal. Or, as he puts it, the creation of ‘riches.’ But many readers complained that, at least in

Have you ever seen Bill Gates’ house? There are about 154 million things to admire about it, but one small, simple thing that I love is that he has acres of forest surrounding the property, and there is a little creek that meanders through the trees. It looks like the most peaceful place to just

What kind of guy would a woman have been looking for about 10,000 years ago? I’m imagining a big, burly figure that also has an abundance of athletic prowess, such that he can climb a tall tree, leap out of it to ambush attack his prey like a leopard, and then wrestle a 700lb adult