It’s The Little Things

When we think of creating, we often search for the most significant examples. Google. The printing press. Nikola Tesla. Our output doesn't have to change the world.

Creating is not limited to building something big. It can be writing a blog post, working on a knitting project, or cooking a...

• Gratitude: Think of how life could be worse. Be happy those things are not real. Appreciate the good things that are real.
• Reciprocity: I’ll say something nice to that stranger next time I’m at Starbucks if you do the same. Deal?

One of the first things that Leto Atreides, leader of house Atreides, does when he gets to Dune is to see how the spice was collected. During the visit to the desert, a great sand worm attacks a large shipment of spice, but instead of running away or saving the cargo, Leto Atreides face the dange...