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I recently launched RunHaiku.com, posting my first 100 haiku from my daily running/seeing habit (read more here). Probably the most fun and unexpected result of the project so far is that friends have started writing their own RunHaiku (and WalkHaiku, and BikeHaiku) as a result! Love it! This got me thinking: wouldn’t it be fun…

Seth Godin is probably the reason I’m here (on this blog) today. Over 10 years ago, a friend passed Seth’s blog along. I landed in the middle of his slow-drip project and enjoyed the steady, patient sharing of wisdom and observation. Seth changed how I thought about communication, media, and spreading ideas. But more importantly,…

This morning there was an eclipse. And I missed it. (Which news stories and Instagram posts were kind enough to inform me.) This world is a wonderful place, isn’t it? (Boom de yada, boom de yada…). Even this sterile winter day was filled with, the deep blue glow of the pre-dawn snow, a lunar eclipse,…

You’ve heard people say, “life’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon”. Ok, it may not be a sprint, but “marathon” isn’t the best metaphor either. A marathon is long, but it has an end. Even while battling the 26.2 miles of a marathon, you can push yourself knowing that in a few hours the race…

On Christmas Day of 1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was feeling melancholic. The famous poet who had penned his depiction of Paul Revere’s Ride a few years earlier was feeling less than triumphant. This Christmas, for Longfellow, there was no peace on earth. As an abolitionist he felt the full burden of the civil country was…

A few short months ago I first released my book, Pay Attention. The project was an experiment, first in gathering and writing a batch of ideas, then producing a digital book, then a printed book. Each step of the process was a new experience for me in various ways, each really enjoyable as well. Seth…

Ever seen such joy? A child’s imagination In one inch of snow I took our oldest girls for a walk this evening. Well, I walked, pulling them behind on our wooden toboggan as they took it all in. There’s a magic about winter nights. It’s dark out, but with the ambient light of the city,…

Five loaves and two fish Will not satisfy those who Expect steak dinner

We all learned years ago that lifting heavy objects was a job for our entire body, not just our hands. Turns out that thinking is the same. It’s not just a job for our brains, we need our whole body to think. “Mrs. Lynne, Gillian isn’t sick; she’s a dancer.” In his landmark TED talk…

The term “genius” is normally reserved for leaders in a particular field. The forerunners who chart new ground or make new discoveries are dubbed “geniuses” by the rest of us who are following behind. When you think of technological genius, you probably think of the kind of people who are inventing and creating at places…