Recently in Bali, Indonesia, my laptop died. The moment it died, I called all repair shops around me within a 5km radius. Then shops within a 10km radius. Then shops within 20km. 50km. The problem I had with my laptop was bigger...
Tag - Life Lessons
One of my favorite stories of all time is about an eagle who believed himself to be a chicken. The story goes something like: A farmer is climbing the mountains near his farm one day and stumbles upon an abandoned eagle’s nest...
It was disgusting. I rinse my mouth with coke but the taste is still there. Pushing away the plate of raw oysters, I make a promise: I’m never eating raw oysters again. Most of us at some point in our lives have had an...
I couldn’t think. I couldn’t breathe. Was this what a heart attack feels like? It was my first time to the gym in years and it was every bit as bad as I had remembered. The pain, the taste of blood, the lack of air and the...
“Wow, you look exactly the same.” Ouch. It’s funny how some of us can be so bad at greeting others. The other day, at a high school reunion, I heard someone ask another, “Oh man, are you still working as a nurse?” and...
“That’s impossible.” “There’s no way.” “That can’t happen.” And that’s what they said about going to the moon too, 49 years ago. Yet we did it. When people tell you that you can’t do something or that...
Most of us are terrible communicators. The other day, at a high school reunion, I heard one person ask another: “Oh man, are you still working as a nurse?” An innocent-sounding question but wrong on many levels if you think...
When we were kids, we were brave. Anything we wanted to do, we’d just go ahead and do it. There was no thinking, no planning, just doing. It might’ve been recklessness but at least we took the initiative to do...
“It’s impossible.” “There’s no way.” “I don’t think you can.” If you’ve ever had those words said to you, ignore them. They’re not worth listening to. Remember, whenever someone says you can’t, it’s a...
“We barely make it. The door closes right as we get on the train. We’re out of breath, exhausted. Had we missed our train, we would’ve missed our flight as well and that would’ve bad.” My friend, who’s listening...
