by root | Feb 19, 2013 | Entrepreneurship, Lifestyle Design, Psychology
When you have a dream, especially if it is a big dream, one of the biggest challenges is feeling confident you can ever achieve your goals. When a person sets out to pursue excellence in the form of building a company, earning a graduate degree, growing blog...
by root | Feb 5, 2013 | Academia, Entrepreneurship, Lifestyle Design, Psychology
What is the simple, proven method for improving any aspect of your life? The Scientific Method! As a scientist, I am exposed to the scientific method daily in my work, and I also use it regularly for optimizing the rest of my life. I used the method when testing...
by root | Jan 24, 2013 | Entrepreneurship, Lifestyle Design, Psychology
I have been reading Mastery by Robert Greene, which focuses on the idea “How to become really good at something.”  This has really made me think about my life’s purpose.  What has the universe arranged for me to do (and be really...
by root | Jan 21, 2013 | Aesthetics, Lifestyle Design, Travel
This year will be a big year for me for a number of reasons, one of which is that I will visit my 50th and final state of the Union: Alaska!  Growing up, I would sit down on the couch and memorize maps of every state. From family vacations when I was younger, to...
by root | Jan 3, 2013 | Entrepreneurship, Lifestyle Design
Recently I was listening to NPR’s Science Friday where guest Ray Kurzweil was suggesting that in as little at 20 years, nano-sized computers would be in our bodies, augmenting our minds with the entirety of the knowledge on the internet that would be...
by root | Dec 30, 2012 | Lifestyle Design
I am going to take a chance here to do something I have never done and  publicly share my goals for 2013.  I figure the best way to be accountable for my goals is to post them publicly!  Any feedback is appreciated — some of these goals seem easier to me than...
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