Garrison Linn, a grad student in physics, recently delivered a talk at TEDxBirmingham about the importance of an explorer mindset and embracing exploration in the pursuit of goals. Garrison used the analogy of soccer to illustrate that the best path to a desired outcome isn’t always the fastest or most direct. In this week’s show, […]
Are Your Choices Leading You Toward True North?
Sometimes we can make choices that take us off course, even when we think we’re headed in the direction of True North. I think perhaps some of my choices over the past 15 months probably led me down some side paths that while more northwest or northeast, rather than True North. I’m not second-guessing my […]
Retracing the Path of the Discover Grow Shinecast
In the intro to episode 007 of the Discover Grow Shinecast, I took a few minutes to retrace the path of the podcast in an effort to explain the path I was trying to follow. When the concept for the Shinecast began to emerge from an exploration of what I call the happy life path, […]
Weeds of Life
I spent about half a Saturday a couple of weeks ago, pulling weeds and Bermuda grass from what was once a flower bed and garden area in my back yard. It was a job that I’d been putting off for far too long, while I worked on various pieces of the Shinecast business model—peripheral pieces, […]
Leaping into the Void: Part 1
One of my friends proposed starting a bookclub and I was thrilled. I need intelligent discussion in my life. I think we might have decoder rings or something, so I’ll keep the names private. First selection is Tess Vigeland’s Leap. I thought I’d write this post this afternoon before our first get together, since I’m […]