In 2002, Stewart Butterfield conceived ideas for a massively multiplayer online video game. But without the funds to make his dream a reality, he and his colleagues focused on building a side project that would later become a full-time gig. [1] Seven years later, with the proper financial backing in place, Butterfield realized his vision […]
The Five-Minute Journal Review: Is It Worth $33.99 in 2023?
If you’re like most people, you were brought up to believe success begets happiness. In other words, if you get that promotion, get accepted into that Ivy League college, lose 14 pounds … then you will be happy. Make sense, right? There’s only one problem… It’s completely backward. Here’s why: In the 1990s, Harvard lecturer, […]
Words Into Works #061 | Single-Tasking
On the afternoon of Tuesday, July 1st, 2014, Belgium snatched victory from the United States with a 2-1 defeat, knocking the underdog team out of the World Cup. In the following days, while Belgium celebrated its victory and advanced in the tournament (they would eventually lose to Argentina in the quarter-finals), football pundits couldn’t stop […]
Words Into Works #060 | Cosmic Insignificance Therapy
Clara, a successful thirty-eight-year-old executive at a medical instruments company, was flying somewhere over Nebraska when seemingly, out of nowhere, a disturbing thought occurred to her mid-sentence while reading a book: “I hate my life.” [1] According to James Hollis, the Jungian psychotherapist who later treated her, Clara had identified her life with achieving her […]
Words Into Works #059 | The Four Burners Theory
David Sedaris, a journalist, working for The New Yorker, was sitting in the back of a car, watching the seemingly endless suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, pass by, when Pat, his friend, and guide while in Australia, proposed to him a thought experiment. [1] “Imagine a four-burner stove,” she started, recounting an idea she learned having […]
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