November 2019 – Keith Wilson

Happy Thanksgiving

Projection

Here’s an obvious truth: when you first meet someone, you don’t know them. Even when you’ve met a dozen times, you still don’t know them. Oh, you pick up a few things, many of them subliminally; but most of what you think you know, you’ve projected on to them.

Optimal Living Daily

If you’re into podcasts, then I recommend listening to Optimal Living Daily. Every day, someone reads a chapter of a blog post on personal development, minimalism, finance, health, business, or relationships. It’s a great chance to be exposed to writers you would never otherwise read. Recently, Joc Marie read a chapter from The Road toContinue reading “Optimal Living Daily”

Rat Park

A well-funded behavioral researcher once spared no expense to create a perfect environment for rats. No, this wasn’t a PETA scheme gone wild; it was an important study that could pay off handsomely if life was as simple as research. The beginning of the story is well known. You take a rat and put himContinue reading “Rat Park”