In July 2020, Chris Taylor summarized “Every self-help book ever, boiled down to 11 simple rules.” Five years later, I’m finally posting this on my blog. Hoping to make this a series of 12 posts about flourishing… the first, just sharing his cool idea, and then eleven more with some notes and observations on each thread.
Loved this piece (“How America Got Mean” by David Brooks in The Atlantic) on why Americans have become sad and mean. Completely worth the time to read!! For those in a rush, here is my summary.
Go watch James Robinson’s exquisite video: How Life Looks Through My ‘Whale Eyes’. Read on for my 24(!) favorite lines in which Robinson takes a complex, uncomfortable and challenging situation (how being made to feel different feels lousy), and made it simple, accessible and relatable.
Fifth in my 2021 summer compilation series is a three-way mash-up of grief, rejection and resilience. Read on for four inspiring images, two poems, three quotes plus links to one essay and one memorable rejection video. (And of course can’t type anything on this topic without including a link to my all-time fave poem: “What to do in the Darkness.”)
