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“When we seek feedback, we’re doing something brave and foolish. We’re asking to be proven wrong. To have people say “You thought you made something great, but you didn’t.” Ouch. What if, instead, we seek advice? Seek it like this: “I made something that I like, that I thought you’d like. How’d I do? WhatContinue reading “Some More Feedback”

“Everyone says they want feedback, but most just mean they want positive feedback. If you can seek out constructive feedback and embrace it, you will always outmatch the person who runs from it.” -Sahil Bloom “Defensiveness shuts conversations down, inhibits curiosity and reconnection, and escalates friction…It leaves little room for understanding or repair—and gets inContinue reading “Seek Out Feedback”

In addition to recapping my end of year favorites (films, plays, books, albums, etc.) I thought for 2025, I’d share each month. Without further adieu and in no particular order, here are some June favorites… (Late again, but not as late as May was. I’m getting better. Ha!) FILMS: The Last Picture Show directed byContinue reading “June 2025 Favorites”

“Simply, if you’re working with good material, then it’s right there, and you don’t have to try so hard as an actor; you don’t have to do so much. Just let the material sit inside you and let it come out. Just say the words.” -Dule Hill “There’s no great plan except doing really goodContinue reading “The Greatness Cheat Code”

“When you fall in love with the process rather than the product, you don’t have to wait to give yourself permission to be happy. You can be satisfied anytime your system is running. And a system can be successful in many different forms, not just the one you first envision.” -James Clear “We can developContinue reading “Back To Process”

“Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand. -Neil Armstrong “When people lack a sense of awe, there will be disaster. When people do not fear worldly power, a greater power will arrive. Do not limit the view of yourself. Do not despise the conditions of your birth. Do notContinue reading “Say Yes To Awe and Wonder”

In addition to recapping my end of year favorites (films, plays, books, albums, etc.) I thought for 2025, I’d share each month. Without further adieu and in no particular order, here are some May favorites (Better late than never!)… FILMS: It Happened One Night directed by Frank Capra – A masterpiece, pre-Code screwball comedy, andContinue reading “May 2025 Favorites”

Ken Mattingly: You started on a procedure?John Aaron, EECOM Arthur: Well, the engineers have tried, but, I mean, it’s your ship. We gotta get you in there.Ken Mattingly: Okay. Frank, I need the sim cold and dark. Give me the exact same conditions they’ve got in there now. And I need, uh, present status ofContinue reading “Prototyping”

“Over time I learned that I can choose how to respond to the past. I can be miserable, or I can be hopeful—I can be depressed, or I can be happy. We always have that choice, that opportunity for control. I’m here, this is now, I have learned to tell myself, over and over, untilContinue reading “Guilt”

“If you are interested in something, you will focus on it, and if you focus attention on anything, it is likely that you will become interested in it. Many of the things we find interesting are not so by nature, but because we took the trouble of paying attention to them…The first step is toContinue reading “Preparing To Flow”