All of My Thoughts and Articles
If You Feel Guilty, Make a Halftime Adjustment
The other day, I was feeling guilty for a mistake I made. It wasn’t a huge deal, but I tend to feel guilty whenever I do something that isn’t in line with my expectations for ...
When in Doubt, Reach Out
My wife and I had another couple over for dinner not too long ago, and we had a great time. It was someone I had met at church. I didn’t know them very well. But ...
3 Reasons to Separate Facts and Story
I want to talk to you about a simple exercise that can help improve the clarity of your communication and the health of your relationships. The exercise involves separating (1) the facts of the situation from ...
Diversify Your Life to Lower Stress
Diversification is an important principle when investing your money. When you diversify, you put your money in several different types of investments to mitigate risk. For example, you might invest in the stock market, but ...
Interviewing for Graduate School: 20 Tips for Success
I often get asked if I have any tips or advice for students who are interviewing for graduate school. Graduate school interviews can be stressful and anxiety-provoking! To help potential applicants, I decided to write ...
4 Questions to Help You Live a Great Story
Part of my job as a professor is to review manuscripts for academic journals. A journal editor sends me an article in my area of expertise, and it’s my job to give an opinion about ...
Life is a Game of Inches
I’m a huge Chicago Bears fan. So, you can imagine my dismay when the Bears lost their playoff game against the Eagles when Cody Parkey’s field goal hit the goalpost—TWICE. If the kick was just ...
The New Year Evaluation
Happy New Year! One of the things I love about the New Year is that it is a natural time to press pause and check in with how my life is going. In this post, ...
Think Workability, Not Ideology
A lot of times in life, we are worried about doing the right thing. We have clear views about what is right and what is wrong. We get triggered and angry when someone else has ...
