Today’s Cognition: Dec 12, 2021
Today's Cognition | INSIGHTS Blog by Rand Eastwood
Why I Always Pick Up Pennies
“Find a penny, pick it up, and all the day you’ll have good luck!” Yes, we’ve all heard, and chanted—and...
Today’s Cognition: Nov 29, 2021
Today's Cognition | INSIGHTS Blog by Rand Eastwood
Contemplation: Self Acceptance & Working With Confidence
I recently came across the following passage in Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay Self Reliance, which is included in the book...
VIDEO: How the Selfie Phenomenon is Redefining Beauty
I really liked the following video, and it makes a very salient point toward the end: that social media (internet/digital...
Contemplation: The Spiritual Journey, or Self-Actualization
I recently came across the following quote while reviewing Dr. Wayne Dyer‘s book The Power of Intention, which I read...
16 Precepts for Acquiring the Treasure of Knowledge (UPDATE: Now W/Downloadable PDF)
In his forward to A. G. Sertillanges’ book The Intellectual Life, James V. Schall, S. J. mentions a letter written by St....
Amazon Isn’t Threatening to Drive Publishers & Bookstores Out of Business—Authors & Readers Are
I originally wrote this article back in 2014, but it’s been one of my more popular articles, and since the...
The Benefits of Chuckfests
I no longer keep “stuff” around; if an item is no longer utilitarian to me, I chuck it, sell it,...
Stories: Such Timid Little Creatures
Stories are like highly sensitive, timid little creatures; during times of stress and chaos and insecurity, etc., they all run...
The Law of Love vs. The Law of Violence
The following essay by Leo Tolstoy was originally included in the publication The Law of Love and the Law of...
Find What You Love, And Let It Kill You
At the time I wrote this, I was in the process of eliminating as many of the petty distractions in...
Making Good Art: Risking Non-Conformity & Embracing Failure
An unfortunate paradox that we all face is this: humanity tends to revere non-conformists from the past, but persecute them...
