“Don’t be a wimp!” It was a phrase I heard a lot as I grew up on a remote cattle ranch in the middle of Wyoming. Ranching is a serious business at 6,500 feet—the harsh winter blizzards often drive cattle into draws and the lower ground, where they can be covered with...
My grandmother was born on the kitchen table, was a crack shot with a gun, and had ammo on her Christmas list. She told me to “suck it up” when I complained about my teachers. I resented the fact that she didn’t take my part when I came home crying that Mrs. Archie...
Is it shallow to judge people by their appearance? I mean, aren’t we admonished not to judge a book by its cover, or make assumptions about people based on what we see on the outside—things like race, gender, or age. Sure, we can tell ourselves that we are people of...
Risks are messy for one simple reason: they involve our emotions. Life soon teaches us that controlling our emotions is like holding a tiger by the tail—hard and unpredictable. Not only are emotions unpredictable, but they’re also unreliable. Our heart is quite...
In the American Psychological Association’s annual survey on stress, people cited a lack of willpower as the number one barrier to following through with changes that would improve their lives. What they’re really saying is that they don’t have the self-control to...
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