Love, Happiness, and Time
How many of us regard love and happiness as a place? A box to tick off, a destination we get to? We often conceptualize these two things as goals. Is this responsible for why we are so devastated when …
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How to Live on 24 Hours a Day: Arnold Bennett on Living a Meaningful Life Within the Constraints of Time
“We shall never have more time. We have, and have always had, all the time there is.” *** Despite having been published in 1910, Arnold Bennett’s book How to Live on 24 Hours a Day remains …
The Shortness of Time
If we see someone throwing money away, we call that person crazy. Money has value. Wasting it seems nuts. And yet we see others—and ourselves—throw away something far more valuable every day: Time. …
Too Busy to Pay Attention
Alan Lightman, the physicist who brought us The Accidental Universe, has also written several works of fiction, including Einstein’s Dreams, presented as dreams Einstein might have had while working …
Why Early Decisions Have the Greatest Impact and Why Growing too Much is a Bad Thing
I never went to Engineering school. My undergrad is Computer Science. Despite that I’ve always wanted to learn more about Engineering. John Kuprenas and Matthew Frederick have put together a …
The Four Types of Relationships and the Reputational Cue Ball
The single most important principle in biology is sustainability. In fact, it’s so important, that it means everything. Nothing matters if you can’t pass the test of time. When human …
Aristotle on Time
Aristotle, in The Physics, produces “a statement of the difficulties about the attributes of time.” Next for discussion is time. The best plan will be to begin by working out the …
Frederick W. Taylor: Time Management Skills
“There is no question that the tendency of the average man (in all walks of life) is toward working at a slow, easy gait, and that it is only after a good deal of thought and observation on his …
Craig Callender: Introducing Time
St Augustine, the theologian, and philosopher, famously posed the question ‘What is time?’ in The Confessions. After waxing on for a bit about what he can say about time, he admits (that …
Seneca on The One Thing Nature Loans us That we Cannot Repay
The Roman philosopher Seneca weaved beautiful and timeless insights into his letters. Luckily a lot of those letters survived. While old, there is a reason we still read them today. While the language …