Why Good Habits Aren’t Enough Any More

  Habit and Practice The way we do things matters. Many times, precise habits are enough to achieve excellence. Think accounting, financial analysis, risk management, music and the arts, surgery, mathematics. You get the idea: 10,000+ hours, licenses, certifications. When habits become elevated, ritual arrives: the baseball player’s pregame personal routine, the gymnast’s or high […]

How Music Works On You

Let’s get basic: you and your SO are at a concert and you both love the band. It’s a magical evening, and you both are in the flow of the music, the vibe, and each other. The whole thing is almost holy in a numinous way, and you both know that: head, heart, body, and […]

Tech Is The Answer NOT

What If? There is a multi-billion-dollar industry based on the notion that there are things you desperately want that you cannot give yourself. Let’s disrupt that. You see, there’s no reason you cannot heal yourself, improve your financial situation yourself, create peace within your family and friendship circles yourself, even begin to change the world…all […]

The Trouble With Why

The Trouble With Why Have you got a big why? Perhaps your why helps grow your business, influence, or altruism. The trouble with why, however, is that some Big Whys are used to break things and hurt people. You know what I mean; insert your own Exhibit A here. The Noble Why The best why […]

AI Versus Beethoven

AI Versus Beethoven I just checked with ChatGPT to see what it “knows” about Musimorphic (TM). Zip. Zero. Nada. Same goes for Grammarly, by the way. Of course, the ChatGPT free version stopped “learning” in 2022, so there’s that. This is the same ChatGPT that believes Classical favorites such as Beethoven’s “Fur Elise” and Led […]

The Secret To Thriving In The Age Of AI

human connection

The Secret to Thriving in the Age of AI “If you want to thrive in the age of AI, you better become exceptionally good at connecting with others.” – quoted in “How to Know a Person,” by David Brooks It seems obvious: humanity is losing its human skills. We have consistently fewer and fewer formal […]

Has Empty Nest Syndrome Clipped Your Wings?

Has Empty Nest Syndrome Clipped Your Wings? Empty nest syndrome – the grief we feel when our kids have grown and flown the coop – is real. Most of us have a personal story. The question is, how do we deal with it when it starts to feel…like that? If empty nest syndrome has clipped […]

Desire for the Magical

What if one of our fundamental gut desires is to believe in the non-factual, the unproven, the ineffable? May we call that kind of desire a “desire for the magical” without placing any judgment on it? Watch video or listen to the audio Why? Could this help us understand those in the hard sciences who […]

The Chevy Commercial – Using AI May Be Risky For Creatives

Using AI to Mimic what Sells is Risky for Creatives If you create or lead a team of creators, your work is far more than artificial. Shouldn’t the creative act be extraordinary, too? When everyone uses AI to make content, will your work still sing? Will its energy be alive…or artificial? I contend that using […]