For more than twenty years, my tagline has been, “There are two kinds of people in the world: People with issues and dead people.” It’s funny, but it’s true. And I really do believe it. One of the biggest reasons why I don’t judge others is I am keenly aware that I...
There is a great difference between those who give advice and those who demand that their opinions and perspectives be adopted. Advice-givers genuinely offer advice by simply stating their perspectives or opinions, and then letting go; they are disinterested in the...
We all think we’re smart. We all think that our perspective is more complete and more insightful than those who disagree with us. And we are all, also, subject to confirmation bias. Confirmation bias is the tendency to look for information that confirms what we...
Once, there was a man who lost his keys. He looked for them frantically, and then in desperation cried out, "I just want to know where my keys are!" And a little girl who was standing nearby said, "I saw you drop them in that pile of manure." And the man looked, and...
