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I was trying to help my younger son understand the difference between potential and kinetic energy. (Whether we like it our not, Covid-19 has made all of us parents into amateur teachers. I now have even more respect for the teaching profession.) He and I were sorting through pictures of different objects at different pointsContinue reading “Catapult”

In Olympic sports where a competitor performs a routine for judges, a big factor in scoring is degree of difficulty. Assuming all things equal, an ice skater who lands a triple axel will beat out the skater who didn’t try. A gymnast who pulls off a triple double on the floor routine like Simone BilesContinue reading “Degree Of Difficulty”

There are two different sources of fuel available when desiring to make dramatic change. Sometimes, both are necessary. Anger or Hate is one that burns bright. It’s super charged and loaded with energy. It’s the booster rocket that breaks through the status quo atmosphere and brings attention to what must be addressed. We see itContinue reading “Two Kinds Of Fuel”

We’ve all heard the Spiderman quote, “With great power comes great responsibility.” But the inverse of this quote is also true. “With great responsibility comes great power.” When manifesting your art, your passion project, it may not be your fault why things go wrong. But it should be your responsibility. That’s what being a producer,Continue reading “Responsibility”

Before deciding to make any change–big, small, individual, societal–it’s important to first take a snapshot of where we were when we first decided to make that change. An honest picture of “here we are today, at this moment.” We might not like what we see. That’s okay. We still need to capture the moment inContinue reading “Snapshot”

“I skate to where the puck is going to be. Not to where it has been.” -Wayne Gretzky To create a business: figure out what people need and create something that addresses that need. To create art: figure out what you’re truly passionate about and create something that expresses your passion. Even if there’s aContinue reading “Business Vs. Art”

“To love is to will the good of the other.” -St. Thomas Aquinas Imagine what our world would be like if first thing every morning we all asked ourselves what we could do that day “to will the good of the other.” And then, not knowing if any of our ideas would work, we didContinue reading “The Good Of The Other”

“Let me know anything I can do to help” is a generous and thoughtful offer. Even more thoughtful, generous and artistic… “I noticed that you could use help in this way. Here are some suggestions to make it better. Let me know if you agree and I’ll implement these right away.”

“Meditate for an hour every day unless you are too busy. In that case meditate for two hours.” -Zen Proverb Jut when we think we’ve fully heard someone out, that we “get it now”, that we’re ready to solve things, move forward, is the moment to remind ourselves that we’re not ready. We have someContinue reading “More Listening”

“The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us?” -Dorothy Day Dorothy Day was a remarkable woman. Learning more about her life’s work, (To start, check out this New Yorker article and excellent PBS doc) it’s easyContinue reading “A Revolution Of The Heart”