James

  • How Survival Instinct & Comfort Zones Screwed Us Up

    How Survival Instinct & Comfort Zones Screwed Us Up

    Human beings are wired with a survival instinct.  Some call it our reptilian brains and many are quick to reference Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs as evidence. There has been a lot of more recent neuroscience to further affirm this human need for survival at all costs. This human nature, though, blurs the line between…

  • What’s the Source of Wisdom and How is it Gained?

    What’s the Source of Wisdom and How is it Gained?

    When I think about wisdom and how it is gained, I immediately go to personal experience and where I have failed to use wisdom or where I simply did not have wisdom. For instance, when a friend of mine and I were much younger, we thought we would have fun with some ground bees…

  • The Risk in Standing for Indecision

    The Risk in Standing for Indecision

    Do you know what happens to the man who is so indecisive that he continually finds himself with one foot on both sides of the fence? He gets a sore crotch. I always get a chuckle out of that ancient proverb – and I am of course using the term “proverb” quite loosely here.…