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We have realized the dream for three generations, now.It was first made possible by the war, when his maternal grandfather trained in the then-ubiquitous Stearman bi-plane and later flew both the B-17 Flying Fortress and the P38 Lightning in the Army Air Corps. His paternal grandpaâmy dadâflew Ma...
There is no shortage of important discussion topics in the personal transformation/self-improvement/positive psychology world in which I work. My current focus is on helping people who are facing major life transitions.I routinely see (and have seen, for many years) three areas of transition comm...
Everybody wants something; we are hardwired that way. It is human biology; you have powerful dopaminergic reward systems that make you want to progress, to discover, to become; to get what you want.Some people just want a better pair of shoes. Some people want a fancy car and a big house. Some wa...
Ask people what they really want, and you will find that there are two main principles that underlie their initial list of material stuff: love and freedom. Both are important for long-term, sustainable happiness, but love deserves its own discussion. For now, letâs discuss what to do when you fi...
I recently got some raised eyebrows from my musical accomplices when I told them I was taking guitar lessons. They know me as a long-time professional guitarist, musician and composer, and a music teacher with a classical, university-based formal music education.Their surprise caught me off-guard...
NOTE: This article is longer than my usual Mindset Monday posts, but there are a lot of new people coming to the Hardcore Happiness community, and I just (August, 2025, as I write this) launched a Hardcore Happiness podcast. So this is a good time to recap some previous articles, to establish a c...
âTideâs coming in,â she said.Looks like it. He was a bit startled to hear the voice.As usual, when he looked up, no one was there. He was still alone here, at the End of All Things.It had taken a long timeâa lifetime, to be exactâto get here.At the beginning of it all, there were a million shades...
The most basic right is to defend yourself, to protect your life. So what happens when the enemy is you? You still have to fight back! A Dangerous Foe We have met the enemy, and he is us.What is your biggest existential threat; the thing that keeps you from life, liberty and (especially) the pu...
What would increase your well-being and satisfaction? More health? More wealth? Better relationships? Whether you want fame and fortune or just peace and quiet, it all starts with one question: Are you serious? Cost We live in a zero-sum energy world. The law of the conservation of energy state...
The epistemological debate regarding free will is out of my philosophical wheelhouse; I will leave it to the theologians. But I do know this:While we donât choose our genetics or the circumstances of our birth, everything that follows from that is the result of a series of decisions. Why Decide?...
