Category: advice
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How To Be A Dad
Being a dad is a slightly weird. Perhaps, as I’ve spent 30 of my first 33 years being a son and not a dad, I’m just new to the process. Sometimes I think I’m supposed to act a certain way: “dad-like.” And then I think, “nah, just be awesome to your boys, man” and that’s…
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“Rich people exploit, poor people are exploited”
Honestly, I hate this graphic. Not based on its artistic merit, but because of what the repercussions mean for those that buy into the message. If one agrees with the graphic, one must necessarily agree with the following, more than likely, unconsciously: Being wealthy is either immoral, or purely the product of luck. Since wealth is…
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Show Up. Or, Why Omelets Don’t Matter.
Note: this is a classic post from July 2012, hope you enjoy. We’re all presented with a thousand decisions in a day – even the ones we don’t make are technically decisions – and I observed a few today and I thought I would share as I feel they are: 1. Completely random – so…
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Be A Super Ethical Leader in 3 Easy Steps
Immanuel Kant is a boss. Like, the boss of bosses. As far as philosophers go, he’s like the RZA of this here ethics game. He’s the one that really summed it up nicely, and gave everyone the central cornerstone of modern ethics: The Categorical Imperative! Put simply: Act so that the maxim of your…
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Trash Talk Leaves You Dirty
The salesperson who says you’ll get feline aids and a year of bad hair days if you live at community X is only thinking about the short term gain – which is actually illusory. Maybe you believe them, but that doesn’t mean you like their community any better. If anything, you’re naturally put off as…
Robert H Myers 