“This is the entire spiritual life, Ananda, that is good friendship, good companionship, good comradeship,” the Buddha told one of his students while talking about the vital role of community in our life. This is what Priya Parker explores in her book “The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters,” where she … Read more
. Do you really need a YouTube channel? As a nobody who runs a WordPress blog in the age of podcasts, Medium, Substack, Ghost, Twitch, and TikTok, I believe that I’m uniquely qualified to ask this question and start a conversation. Since the first round of opinions is on me, I would like to offer … Read more
Consider the choices you make every day: what food you order, how often you exercise, the way you organize your work. You might think that they’re the products of well-considered decision making, but they’re not. They’re habits. If you can change your habits, you can change your life. This is what Charles Duhigg explores in … Read more
One of the reasons why I love reading is because it can become a portal that transports us to simpler, happier times. A few days ago, “The Four-Dimensional Human: Ways of Being in the Digital World” by Laurence Scott became such a portal. It reminded me of “the early years of life in the fourth … Read more