The red pill or the blue?

The red pill or the blue?

Will you choose the red pill or the blue? I happened to watch The Matrix the other day for the umpteenth time.  It’s one of those movies that can be relevant or not depending on how you look at it.  For those of you who haven’t seen it, at...

What’s your job?

It’s one of those simple questions that has a simple answer.  People  can often recite their job description or simply give you a copy to save time.  Depending on the person, the question “what’s your job” can illicit a variety...

Excuse Me Something is Wrong

Do you see the problem? We’ve all seen playing cards.  They have done experiments showing people a group of cards and have them repeat back what they have seen.  Most people get all the cards right.  They just don’t recognize that the cards...

Forced Minimalism

The Enlightened Approach One day you wake up, look around and start wondering – why do I need all this stuff?  The idea festers around for awhile and then you might take a few loads of stuff to the consignment store.  As you get rid of stuff, whether...

Saying yes to change

There’s a bunch of research about getting someone to say yes to something.  It typically takes 6 times longer, or more effort, to say yes to something than it does no.  It’s one thing to see it on paper, it’s something different when you...