And a ratio I was recently at a talk given by a brave and wise man named Gulwali Passarlay. He talked about being sent away from his homeland of Afghanistan at the age of eleven by his own mother to escape the horrors of war. He explained how he spent the next couple of years being shuttled […]
Giving Is Just Half the Equation
The Forgotten Art of Receiving When I was ten, my parents bought me a magic set from Hamley’s toy store in London. I couldn’t wait to start using it — I spent the entire 8–hour flight to India we took the next day relishing the thought of this impressive new skill. Over the next few […]
Six Letters To Help You Get The Most Out Of Life
A simple way to shift your focus In the final chapter of his book, ‘Wait What?: And Life’s Other Essential Questions’ author James E. Ryan reflects on an important question about life: “And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so? The “even so” at the end of the question, to me, […]
My Sister Knew The Keys To A Good Life By The Age of Three
Unintentionally, but still In a home video that will remain forever etched in our family history, my younger sister KD (aged two at the time) recounts a bedtime story. It involves a girl (we’ll call her Mia) who makes friends with several animals in a forest. At one point in her animated retelling of the […]
Why You Should Play Devil’s Advocate All The Time
What if the opposite of what you believe is true? Every number has a kind of opposite called a reciprocal. The reciprocal of 2 is 1/2, because dividing by 2 has the same effect as multiplying by 1/2: 10 ÷ 2 = 5 10 x 1/2 = 5 Reciprocals also teach us that everything (including a number!) can be […]