When We Die

“‎The ‘I think’ which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is the ‘I breathe’ which actually does accompany them.” – William James I have long thought that Kant had it wrong when he said “I think, therefore I am.” Sometime not long after my Intro to Philosophy course at Hobart College…

Been away, haven’t seen you a while, how ya been? Anyway, 70s soft-rock references aside, I want to write something down and publish it – in the hopes of copyrighting it. The term has to do with Artificial Intelligence (AI), and how important it is to be skeptical and careful when using AI (at least…

It isn’t where you came from; it’s where you’re going that counts. – Ella Fitzgerald The past is useful as a textbook. Something to review on occasion to learn and grow from, but it’s no where to live. It’s certainly no place to worry about. What matters is where you’re going. *  *  * Where are…

Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved. – Marcus Antonius The quote requires a careful reading. You must be willing to consider that there are things that you think about that cause you anger and grief and things…

I was recently asked “What does coaching have to say about dealing with emotional responses when trying to transition away from old habits?” Below (while I realize now it doesn’t really answer the question fully/directly) is what I wrote in response. Whether or not it’s a complete or elegant answer to the original question, I…

We live into the questions we ask ourselves. If we ask crap questions, like “Why does this always happen to me?” or “How come I can never catch a break,?” we’ll get crap “answers.” Similarly, if we ask small, or limiting, questions we will have requisitely small lives. However, if we ask useful, resourceful questions,…