David’s Articles

“Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.” — Leo Tolstoy Photo by Aron Visuals on Unsplash The family was running at full speed when they came around the corner. Out of breath. All four ran up to the gate where the door had just closed -...

Happy New Year everyone - I wanted to highlight 3 great books from my Q4 reading you may enjoy. First up is White Holes by Carlo Rovelli. Rovelli is a theoretical physicist who takes the reader on a fascinating dive into a black hole. Most interesting, he...

The reality is that life is actually exceedingly mundane. Or as Macbeth phrased it, “Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day.”

"I have always maintained that excepting fools, men did not differ much in intellect, only in zeal and hard work" —Charles Darwin Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash A Happy New Year to you all! Some of you have been hearing from me by email for over 12...

“Are we going to be so obsessed with speed and immediate satisfaction? Maybe there is another form of relation to the world that is linked to patience to taking the time to make things right.”

Long ago, a wealthy farmer was leaving on a long journey. His business was successful and increasingly so. And there was the problem. In his absence, who was going to take care of his affairs? He saw an opportunity. He gathered a few of his most trusted employees. He...

The sprint to Christmas is upon us. The retailers are nervous - and maybe you are too.  So in the spirit of helping, I thought I'd share 5 favorite reads from 2024 that would be good to put under the tree.  Several of these I have highlighted before as they...

Addiction is a progressive narrowing of the things that bring you pleasure. Happiness is a progressive expansion of the things that bring you pleasure. The former emerges passively. The latter takes work. Andrew Huberman We are all addicted to our phones. The research...

“I think that’s the greatest miracle of Jesus. He has 12 best friends in his thirties, and they weren’t his wife’s best friends’ husbands.” – John Mulaney

Is there something worse than being dull?