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Check Your Lenses

On January 2, 2021January 1, 2021 By stsampsonIn MusingsLeave a comment

Different tools enable different types of seeing and thinking.

Do You Believe in Miracles?

On December 31, 2020December 31, 2020 By stsampsonIn MusingsLeave a comment

Pragmatic people often say they don’t believe in miracles. That itself is wondrous if not downright miraculous.

You Can Stand on Your Head that Long

On March 22, 2020March 22, 2020 By stsampsonIn Fatherly Advice, Musings2 Comments

We’re all feeling cooped up and anxious and, yes, already a little bored. So what would my mother say?

From the Inside Out and the Outside In

On January 5, 2020January 5, 2020 By stsampsonIn Musings4 Comments

We humans understand each other asymmetrically. But that's a good enough place to start.

What Changed Your Mind?

On December 27, 2018December 27, 2018 By stsampsonIn Musings2 Comments

The most important mind-changers aren't nuggets you'll note in a TED talk or even lessons you'll learn from a book. They're experiences that change who you are.

Why Can’t I Just Make Up My Own Mind?

On October 22, 2018October 22, 2018 By stsampsonIn MusingsLeave a comment

Because your mind is basically a hypersensitive elephant with an untrained rider on top.

Why Do We Keep So Much Stuff?

On October 1, 2018December 9, 2018 By stsampsonIn MusingsLeave a comment

Keep less. Delete more. Live better.

There Is More

On July 10, 2017September 16, 2017 By stsampsonIn Fatherly AdviceLeave a comment

There's much more to life than meets the eye, and we have to remember to look for it.

Who Needs this Learning Stuff?

On September 1, 2016November 20, 2017 By stsampsonIn Fatherly AdviceLeave a comment

Dear Daughters, As you went back to school this week, one of you posed the question kids have been asking since the dawn of educational time: "when am I ever going to use this stuff?" You had in mind the contents of your lessons: the facts of history and the functions of algebra. But when …

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Your Mind is a Nonfiction Writer

On June 29, 2016November 20, 2017 By stsampsonIn Words, Words, Words3 Comments

Your mind is in the business of constantly creating stories. Are you editing them?

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