New Now Now

Make the improvements you'll wish you'd made a long time ago.

On "Be Yourself"

Ze Frank asked, "What do you think about the advice 'Be Yourself.'" Here is the Simple Complexity of it:

"Be Yourself" is a useful concept to dwell on; used in a balanced way and with the ballast of conscience it can lead to an ever increasing depth of self awareness. However if overused it can lead to an ever increasing sense of self consciousness and in extreme cases, a pathological narcissism.

Couched Hostility

If you have to laugh at what you're about to say but it's not funny - probably better not to say it.

Don't take the Bait

Non-violent resistance reveals the bullies.

The Opponent's Craziness: it's a trap!

The lure of the irrational is made magnetic when we allow ourselves to be fooled into thinking there is some sense to be found in it.

Character Shaping

Times of change can be stressful because we have to discern what we've learned that should be kept what we can let go of. The tactics we learn through the process education can help us make these distinctions, but it's still tough to make changes we're not ready for, because we're fine-shaping our character when we weren't planning on concentrating that hard.

Expanded Horizon

They say the camera adds ten pounds. I'd say the internet adds about thirty.