Do you love a good crisis? Especially one that repeats itself over and over again? Have you ever experienced a crisis, only to realize that the time for averting the crisis was long past - maybe years past? Instead of doing the same thing over again and expecting different results,…

A little over a year and a half ago, I was consumed by finding and identifying my purpose and being able to articulate it. It was a life-and-death struggle. At the time, I was slowly recovering from very serious burnout. I was in the final throes of my MBA program,…

“What we insistently desire, over time, is what we become.” - Neal A. Maxwell When we don’t focus our desires in the form of goals or commitments, we become what others want us to be - and at some stage this inevitably clashes with who we are. Often, we chase…

When I was 14, I lived in Nepal.  We joined some visitors on a trek high into the Annapurnas. About 5 days into the trek, we had to cross an icy cold river that was about knee-deep.  Crossing the river was cold and uncomfortable, and it meant getting our feet…

I have been thinking a lot about my  MBA program lately. You can read more about that here. Looking back to that first day and remembering the fear that almost made me quit before I began, helps me understand one thing about this life. Fear is a big part of…

If you started dying tomorrow, what would you regret?  Wrong question.  This is a helpful question to facilitate self-reflection but isn't the question that will help you change the outcome of your life on your deathbed. You are already dying - everyone's clock is ticking, and we don't know when…

Sometimes we pretend because that’s all we feel like we can do anymore.  We try harder, we work smarter, we recommit.  And we fail. Again. And again.  Often, we keep trying something new thinking it’s going to work this time around. But if we step back, we realize we’re actually…

Do you have an elephant in the room, or are YOU the elephant in the room? Either way, you’re suffering.  Before a major burnout a few years ago, I would always get hints from my family and friends that they were worried about my health.  (What I heard: you’re looking more fat…

A couple of years ago I had a pretty bad spill on my road bike.  The crash was pretty ridiculous actually.  It happened right outside my house in Thailand.  It was the rainy season (like it is right now).  I was riding around a corner just like I had done…

“You can cheat the system, but you can’t cheat yourself...” Bunk.  I think we cheat ourselves all the time.   And when we do, we lose. And so does everyone else.  We can trick ourselves into thinking we are avoiding the consequences of our actions (or that there are no consequences),…