The Art of Being Fully Human (#935)

The other day, I was speaking with a client who in the midst of her tears about a difficult situation in her life kept reassuring me that she was “fine”. Hearing that word used to describe someone’s feelings always calls to mind a quote from the remake of The Italian Job where the wily older gangster defines “fine” to be an acronym standing for “f#$%ed up, insecure, neurotic, and emotional”…

MNCT 935 – L’arte di essere pienamente umani

MNCT 935 – L’arte di essere pienamente umani “Ma se per paura tu cercherai solo l’amore della pace e l’amore del piacere, allora è meglio che ti copra le tue nudità per il giorno del giudizio, per quel mondo senza stagioni dove riderai, ma non tutte le tue...

MNCT 935 El arte de ser completamente humano

MNCT 935 El arte de ser completamente humano “Pero si en tu miedo buscases sólo la paz del amor y el placer del amor, entonces será mejor que cubras tu desnudez y salgas fuera del campo de trilla del amor hacia el mundo soso, donde habrás de reír, mas no toda tu risa,...

MNCT 935 – L’Art d’Etre Pleinement Humain

MNCT 935 – L’Art d’Etre Pleinement Humain   Mais si dans votre peur vous chercheriez seulement la paix de l’amour et le plaisir de l’amour, alors il est mieux pour vous de vous vêtir et de passer outre l’aire de battage de l’amour, et entrer dans le monde sans...

An Optimal Trait for Creativity and Success (#934)

Yesterday, my wife and I were watching the movie ‘Divergent’, based on the bestselling novel by Veronica Roth which my daughters and I enjoyed tremendously. The heroine, Tris, has been identified as ‘divergent’, which in a society that encourages a tribal commitment to singular personality traits (you get to choose between being friendly, brave, smart, honest, or self-effacing) is considered a dangerously subversive condition…