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Perspectives


Let go of your image: Here's one joyful trick to fix your vanity
If the image you have of yourself is false, how do you make it true?

Carson Speight
3 min read


Is my ego fragile? You be the judge.
When pride and self-doubt abound, we should suspect there's a better way.

Carson Speight
4 min read


Why you should just sit still – 2 positives of finding quiet
It’s hard to find stillness. Which is why it’s so effective when we do.

Carson Speight
4 min read


Are you a nobody or a somebody? Why it matters how you see yourself.
The world may not remember you. That could be a good thing.

Carson Speight
5 min read


Beauty and pain: What 6 days in a developing country can teach us about humanity
When what's lovely becomes painful, how is it reconciled?

Carson Speight
7 min read


When a good decision has a bad result: The secret ingredient to moving on
The outcome doesn't always affirm the decision. Then, what do we do?

Carson Speight
3 min read


How to unexpectedly delight a no-nonsense customs agent (and anyone else doing a job)
Sometimes doing the right thing not only helps you—it brightens someone else’s day.

Carson Speight
5 min read


Reclaim connection: Embrace forced boredom in a ride line this summer
A test in patience can train you in love.

Carson Speight
4 min read


A reflection on the Air India crash: How a missed flight can change how we think about life’s negative outcomes
How do we think and live when things aren't going as they should?

Carson Speight
4 min read


Taco trays and the problem with solving life's tiny problems
Optimizing convenience may be keeping us from optimizing our time.

Carson Speight
5 min read


Why your life could use a few a more rucksacks
Short-term burdens can become long-term gains.

Carson Speight
3 min read


A good day together
There's always an invitation to not live one's day down and alone.

Carson Speight
2 min read


How those annoying dashboard alerts are a little like your conscience
Ignoring dashboard alerts is dangerous. Ignoring our conscience is worse.

Carson Speight
3 min read


How harmless words can harm
What we think were simple, innocuous words can be profound and hurtful.

Carson Speight
4 min read


Christmas and the Dial of Destiny
Christmas and Indiana Jones actually have something in common.

Carson Speight
4 min read
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