AWP Conference: Philly March 23-26 (two dreams become one)
I don’t know what the odds are that my son will learn to speak normally one day. I do know there’s a 60% chance that he’ll have dyslexia, making reading and learning the imaginative, powerful art of words extremely difficult all over again. But there’s a 40% chance he won’t have it.
Similarly, I don’t know the percentage of how many times my manuscript might get rejected. All I know is there’s a chance it won’t.
On the Fringes of Happiness: Stop Doing That, Start Doing This
Turns out, happiness is a bit counterintuitive to our competitive, ego-driven, individualistic Western mindsets. It may be enhanced or hindered by – but never defined by – our jobs, our relationships, addresses, or possessions.
Hitchhiker’s Guide to Life After Covid-19 (3 Ways the Pandemic Has Changed the World)
Grab your “get-out-of-purgatory-free card”, pass “GO”, collect $1200, and get ready for a better world.
“Excited About the Apocalypse”: Happiness, Fate, and the Quest of Life
You can follow a clear path, or carve a brand new one. But if you walk in a straight line long enough, you’ll only end up where you were. And, at that point, you might as well be waiting for the Apocalypse.
Two Biggest Investing Secrets That Will Change Your Life
Achieving your financial goals and easing into a comfortable retirement isn't a sprint. It's a lifelong marathon. And, as childhood taught us all so well, the slow but steady tortoise fares quite well at the expense of the wildly over-zealous hare in the end.