When Breath Becomes Air

Endless books and authors followed, as we worked our way methodically down the list: The Count of Monte Cristo, Edgar Allan Poe, Robinson Crusoe, Ivanhoe, Gogol, The Last of the Mohicans, Dickens, Twain, Austen, Billy Budd… By the time I was twelve, I was picking them out myself, and my brother Suman was sending me the books he had read in college: The […]
The Magic of Appreciation: Beautiful States..

You gotta understand that the brain you have inside our head, the 2 million year-old brain is not designed to make you happy, it’s designed to help you survive. It’s an ancient survival software. This survival software is always looking for what’s wrong. So we live in a world where most of us are looking for what’s wrong, […]
Where It Smelled Wine and Mood
The Power of Vulnerability

The good news is that I think people are tired of the hustle – they’re tired of doing it and tired of watching it. We’re hungry for people who have the courage to say, “I need help” or “I own that mistake” or “I’m not willing to define success simply by my title or income […]