Brenna
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The Right Way to Live with Regret and Anxiety
Regret and anxiety are an inseparable part of being human. But we can learn, in the words of Kierkegaard, “to be anxious in the right way.”
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Why Creativity Hurts (and Why It’s Worth It)
Understanding the need for creative struggle will helps us get through the toughest patches.
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The Creative Need for Solitude
Creativity and solitude have an interdependent relationship. In order to be creative, we must learn to thrive alone with our thoughts.
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The Remarkable “Time Goes By” Principle
The “Time Goes By” Principle has motivated and inspired me to keep chasing my dreams and never give up more than any other concept I know of.
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Hope and Imagination: A Poet’s Guide to Coping with Sadness
Hope requires imagination. It requires that we see our sadness from some new vantage or angle. You might think this is naive; my reply is, “Life shouldn’t be any more unbearable than necessary.”
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What We Can Learn from the World’s Unluckiest Man
The life of Apple’s little-known cofounder is a lesson in hindsight bias, regret, and how the right perspective can save your sanity.
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“The Five People You Spend the Most Time With”: A Dilemma for Choosing Friends
“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with” is an often-cited phrase with some problematic baggage.
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The Subtle Trap of Cargo Cult Thinking
“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool.”
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On Contentment: A Riddle for the Ages
Diogenes of Sinope was one of the more colorful ancient philosophers. He lived a threadbare existence by choice and got all his food from begging. Instead of a house, he lived in a large ceramic jar (a genus of hermit crabs is named after him for this reason). “He has the most who is content…
