Curated Wisdom
We sift through thousands of popular and academic writings, videos, and podcasts related to human flourishing to curate the best resources for your journey.
Three Key Resources on Emergence
Here are three of my top resources for emergence, a time when we are seeking more fulfillment in our work and relationships.
Character matters.
Identifying your strengths pays huge dividends in the form of increases in happiness, well-being, meaning, and purpose. This book shows you how.
Three Key Books on Calling
Here are three of my top resources for discerning your calling, depending on your decision-making style.
Leading from Your Values
The Conscience Code provides ten steps to help you fight for your values. But what if you don’t know what your values are in the first place?
A Gentler Memento Mori
Life does not serve rules. Rules serve life, or they are simply the wrong rules.
The Happiness Hypothesis
In this book, Jonathan Haidt distills time tested wisdom for living well from the world’s religious traditions and insights from contemporary social psychology into ten lessons for living well.
The Happiness Advantage
Shawn Achor’s suggested practices are staples of my own practice of cultivating the optimal mindset.
The Power of Meaning
The Power of Meaning introduces the foundational elements for crafting a more meaningful life, along with promising practices for cultivating them.
Buddha’s Brain
Rick Hanson provides a trove of scientifically based (and wisdom-tradition-endorsed) practices for leading one’s life with compassion, courage, and positive impact.
Change Your Mind, Change Your Life
Neuroscience shows that we can leverage the architecture of our brains to create a more peaceful and productive mind.
The OG Midlife Crisis
Midlife is a golden opportunity to transform your life. If you feel like you’ve strayed from your life’s path, take solace: I have yet to meet a fellow traveler on this journey of life who has not—including me.
The Ritual Effect
Rituals enhance our lives by transforming ordinary actions into the extraordinary. Go out and experiment.
The Enchiridion
The Enchiridion is timeless wisdom for all those who want to live freely and decide wisely.
The Naked Now
The Naked Now may be Richard Rohr’s most sophisticated and thorough articulation of an accessible form of contemporary mysticism. While his remarks and insights are grounded in a particular wisdom tradition, his message is relevant to all.
Three Key Resources on Legacy
Here are my top three resources for legacy, when we look toward the last decades of work and a rewarding post career life.