Thinking Wisely Blog
Tool #10: The Pie Chart of Balanced Communication
Balanced communication makes room for what keeps us alive (“Buy groceries”) as well as all the things that make us human.
Tool # 9: The Alarm Clock of Guilt: Let it Wake You Up (so you can turn it off)
Swap out guilt with action and a lot of gratitude.
Tool #1: The Cradle of Compassion
Compassion, like a Cradle is portable, always warm, and fits right around us when we are feeling frail, weak, and small.
The Cradle of Compassion Pt. 2
Compassion is like holding a baby. You don’t always need to feel compassionate, but nothing feels as good as holding a baby when we know we don’t always need to hold the baby!
Tool # 2: The Pipe Cleaner of Creativity
Creating can be a lot cheaper than consuming. And always more fulfilling.
Tool #5: The Kleenex of Resilience
An animal that is injured can often repair itself, whereas a rock cannot; an individual animal will ultimately die, but its species may survive for much longer than a rock can. - Chiara Marletto, The Science of Can and Can't, pg. 11 Ever work or play after taking a...
Tool #8: The Back Pocket of Knowledge
Having knowledge helps us know where we are, where we’re going, and gives our life meaning (even when we’re sad). Besides, in knowledge are solutions for bad driving, losing things, and anxiousness in the wee hours of the morning.
Neither a Binge-er nor Binge-able Be
Quick... Right now, in 2025, in North America, there are people who do not binge watch tv shows or podcasts. In fact, I know not just one or two brave souls, but hundreds of teens and adults who are not addicted to consuming content on Netflix or iTunes or Tik Tok or...
What I’d Like Governments to Learn from Youth Sports
Pain creates the need; Acceptance creates the way. I wrote that seven years ago in the Fears of a First Time Coach essay. And I continue to be impressed with the improvements the sports organizations my son and I have been a part of are making. They have seen the pain...