Feats of Focus: Lewis Pugh, the “Human Polar Bear”
July 22nd, 2010
Welcome to the second installment of “Feats of Focus”! Last time I featured Willard Wigan, the incredible microsculptor who regularly creates sculptures that stand on the head of a needle. My next feature is Lewis Pugh, or “The Human Polar Bear.” Lewis Pugh is the only person to have completed a long distance swim in [...]
saturday personal update: self-awareness worksheet edition
July 10th, 2010
Today I’m going to share an excellent resource that Jonathan Wondrusch of Grokkery developed a few weeks ago. If you’re familiar with Jonathan’s writing you’ll know that he is all about self-awareness. To help people develop this quality he created a PDF worksheet. Today, I’d like to share my answers to his thought provoking questions [...]
do something crazy and break out of that rut
July 8th, 2010
It’s gut check time. It’s 1:53 in the morning and instead of being sound asleep in my comfy bed I’m sitting at a 24 hour cafe with my headphones on, a steaming coffee by my side, TextEdit open on my laptop, and a beehive of activity swarming in my head. I was at my apartment [...]
feats of focus: micro-sculptor willard wigan
June 24th, 2010
Today I’d like to introduce the first installment of what I hope becomes a regular feature, Feats of Focus. From time to time I will be sharing stories from people who have accomplished amazing things through their ability to focus. My first subject does something that sounds so fantastical and so impossible that I could [...]
