1: “It’s a shame that everyone else is an idiot,” Tynan writes in Superhuman by Habit.

Pause.

“Of course, it’s important to remember that to everyone else, you are the idiot.”

It all begins when we realize that being positive toward others is a habit we can develop.

Tynan tells a story about a disagreement he had with a cruise ship staff member after he felt he was charged … continue reading

1: Diane Button had been living in Nashville for only a year when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

“Whether it was divine providence or sheer luck, during a time when our family truly needed help,” Diane writes in her book What Matters Most: Lessons the Dying Teach Us About Living, “people showed up from almost everywhere.”

One afternoon, while recovering from surgery and starting chemotherapy, Diane heard … continue reading

This week and next we are exploring Sahil Bloom’s concept of “Social Wealth” as outlined in his book The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life.

Today we turn to a list of “Social Wealth Hacks I Wish I Knew at Twenty-Two” which Sahil put together with Arthur C. Brooks, social scientist, Harvard Business School professor, and number one New York Times bestselling … continue reading

1: Perhaps we’re worried that we don’t do enough to help other people.

“Obviously, I don’t know you,” Oliver Burkeman writes in Meditations for Mortals, “so I suppose it’s possible that you are a malevolent weasel who actively wishes harm on your fellow men and women.”

But that’s probably not the case.

Instead, we’re probably making it too complicated.

Let’s say we think of something we’d like to say … continue reading