self-improvement
6 posts
-
How to reverse myopia
Is there a way to reverse myopia? Traditional ophthalmology doesn’t seem to think so, but in China, there is lore of eye exercises that, if done daily...
-
Life is Friends, by Jeanne Martinet (Miss Mingle)
On the shelves at Abrams books, I discovered a lovely pastel-colored book slouching on one of the shelves outside my desk. During a free lunch, I slip...
-
Day 9: The Simple System
9:30p.m., October 10 th , 2011 I’m not intimidated anymore. My complete wipeout lasttime taught me a valuable lesson: leave when I'm on tilt. That's i...
-
Yes, and: Enablers and the people who love them
As a freshman in college, I was easily pursuaded. Free food! Bright t-shirts! People! Nowhere did this manifest itself more -- in an activity that I h...
-
How do you overcome the fear of failure?
I think a major reason I chose to study Psychology at Yale was because, at 18 years old, I wanted to answer this question for myself. I'm 22 now, with...
-
No more computer: my one-hour rule
I've had one sublime mentoring moment in my life. It came on my FOOT May training trip in 2008. His name was Joe. I looked up to him as soon as I got ...