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Comment on The Art of Doing by Rexhasta

Rexhasta — Thu, 09 May 2013 05:16:11 +0000

Thinking less and doing more can solve so many of life’s issues. Over-thinking can lead to inaction, so work never gets completed, and problems are never solved. I am finding that I learn more by actually trying in the first place.

Comment on Review: The Average American Male by Doesn't matter

Doesn't matter — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:18:04 +0000

Book really does bring the thoughts of “the average american male,” to light. It’s what most guys think and want to say and act but knows society frowns upon, so most can’t act on the thoughts. Which the author doesn’t act on most thoughts, but absolutely the thoughts are what most guys think and fantasize. I would imagine most guys wish they had the courage to act on some thoughts as the author does. It absolutely depicts the 20-30 + something male. Ending is not what I expected because it’s actually reality and sometimes that sucks.

Comment on “Work is More Fun than Fun” by Andy

Andy — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:04:20 +0000

Good post and I agree mostly (you kind of lost me when you started talking about flow-states haha). What’s so interesting to me is that we seem to go along with what we define as work and play to the extent we find them tedious or fun respectively, regardless of the real differences in the activity.

Comment on Review: The Average American Male by david (b) hayes

david (b) hayes — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 19:09:38 +0000

That’s a really interesting perspective. Unfortunately, I no longer the book clearly enough to have an intelligent response to it, but thank you for sharing it.

Comment on Review: The Average American Male by Rus

Rus — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:34:40 +0000

Firstly I loved this book just as I quite liked 50 Shades. These books are polar extremes. 50 Shades deals with female fantasy and this book deals with male fantasy. Unsurprisingly the are pretty similar wrt the sex. So the difference is in all the attitudes that surround it. When sex is put into the context of real life, that’s when the trouble starts. The question Chad is putting to us is: What will your attitude be?

To answer that question Chad presents three alternative “heroines”. He chooses two and comes to grief with both. But what of the third? Maybe he should have looked beyond the superficial to the real person.

Comment on I, like you, do the best I can by david (b) hayes

david (b) hayes — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:14:46 +0000

Thanks for pointing that out, Rexanne. I’ve fixed it above. And I’m glad the post resonated with you.

Comment on I, like you, do the best I can by Rexanne

Rexanne — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 07:19:57 +0000

I believe in paragraph 8, you have an error,
“And I’ve not had to work to exceptionally hard…” should read “And I’ve not had to work too exceptionally hard…”
Since no one has posted here in five years, however, I doubt you will see this comment or care.
Your content is reassuringly appropriate, given that today I visited my best friend in hospice, and kept wondering if I should have done more.
Thank you.

Comment on Good To Know: founder vs. flounder by Jason

Jason — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 18:56:24 +0000

Thanks for the guide - even after being a Sailor for 20 years, I still got “founder” and “flounder” mixed up. I happened to be reading Robinson Carusoe (in which he uses “founder”), so I thought I’d look it up to see if the word had simply been changed over the years (or if I had been using it incorrectly all along)… I should just stick with “the ship is going to sink” instead of “the ship is going to founder.”

Comment on Flow Traps by “Work is More Fun than Fun” — Frozen Toothpaste

“Work is More Fun than Fun” — Frozen Toothpaste — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:09:37 +0000

[…] a useful tool if you’re pursuing ends you know to be good and valuable. (See my thoughts on Flow Traps, for why I’m pressing so hard on […]

Comment on The Case for Better by Eric

Eric — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:42:33 +0000

I see Facebook didn’t kidnap everyone