If you're going to read one post this year, this is the one to read!
This completes my first full calendaryear of writing Words of Wisdom! I wanted to take the time to thank you. Every time you open an email from me and consider what I write, it's an incredible privilege and opportunity. I hope to be an encouragement to you and that the weekly Words of Wisdom is of some use to help you live a more meaningful life. I’m truly grateful.
There is so much more to come, but today I thought I’d share a roundup of some of my Words of Wisdom, organized by category. My completely unrealistic goal is to eventually build a library of writing on any topic or question that you might have that relates to a life of wisdom, virtue, and flourishing. Maybe in a decade or two
Live wisely friends!
Addiction and Recovery
Awareness
5 - On investing in reflection
22 - On getting in touch with your feelings
44 - On depth and delicate movement
48 - On how does this make you feel?
60 - On unexpressed pain
Communication
47 - On assertivenesss
64 - On 21 identifying and connecting communication skills
Creativity
14 - On a creative habit
27 - On useless beauty as a way to intimacy
34 - On Playfulness
42 - On making time for making
66 - On tools for knowledge workers
Forgiveness, amends, reconciliation
19 - On seeking peace
57 - On forgiveness
62 - On making amends
Fortitude
04 - On adventure
09 - On fortitude as the middle way
24 - On hard work
65 - On devotion to a practice
Influence, Leadership
3 - On questions and your influence
39 - On a formula for leadership
Learning
11 - On learning what you know
36 - On teaching and the path to mastery
Purpose & Meaning
16 - On doing an annual review
41 - On creating value and mastery
55 - On navigating uncertainty
Relationships and Intimacy
51 - On the wealth of relationships
54 - On 8 pitfalls to intimacy in marriage
59 - On reviewing your friendships
Suffering
15 - On learning from your mistakes
23 - On suffering
31 - On your gifts to the world
37 - On secrets
Thinking & Strategy
25 - On both-and
28 - On identifying important problems
29 - On thinking about how you think
30 - On tolerance as a poor master
38 - On checklists
Transformation
21 - On the path to flourishing
35 - On questions to become mature
40 - On the language of change
45 - On commitment to overcoming your greatest struggles
50 - On the way to life transformation
53 - On wisdom system principles
58 - On the unknowns of transformation
Virtues and Character
49 - On the value of being unenviable
52 - On humility
61 - On virtues
67 - On becoming mature
