Author Archives: Asad

Let’s talk about anxiety

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that anxiety is at an all-time high. Watch The Social Dilemma, and you’ll discover how social media has contributed to its rise. Then, consider the political climate, the pandemic, unemployment, uncertainty, and dozens of other contributing factors. Anxiety is here to stay. And, unless you develop a foolproof method for vanquishing it, you’ll probably fall victim to it, if you haven’t already. Meanwhile, I’m happy to …
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Most of What You “KNOW” is Wrong!

Have you have heard that people nowadays live a LOT longer than people 200 years ago? It’s not true. The statistic that most people quote includes infant mortality, against which we’ve made giant strides over the last 200 years. If you were to take that out of the formula, you’d find that people who lived beyond infancy 200 years ago lived almost as long as people today. Averages can be very deceptive. Take one hundred …
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Bring it On

This morning, I showered under an ice cold spray…on purpose! I was in there for five minutes. Washed my hair, soaped up, rinsed off…all of it while the water was as cold as it would go. I’m certain I got just as clean as I would have under a warm stream… plus the added benefit. “Benefit, you say?! I’d rather stick needles under my fingernails!” Yes, benefit! Because over the last few weeks, I’ve been discovering, …
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Embracing Nothing

Some people just can’t take a hint. Most people don’t know a gift when they see it. And pretty much nobody likes nothing. Watch what happens when you take away someone’s hobby… or their favorite TV show… or their job. Sure, they’ll tell you that it’s a matter of practicality that they have to keep working, or watching, or collecting, or whatever. But we all know deep down that the tantrum isn’t about the thing …
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Staying the Course

I was just interviewed by the great Rodney Flowers on his awesome podcast, Game Changer Mentality. (our episode isn’t live yet, but check out the other ones!) We were discussing how to be resilient in difficult times like these. How do we stay the course when our minds are dominated by disease, ignorance, social injustice, anger, and uncertainty about where we are heading as individuals and as a society? He and I both agreed on several …
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