The Tables We Keep Trying to Reach …
Let’s take a look at one Thursday night during event season. Three invitations. Two overlapping. One across town. You start doing the math. Can you leave dinner early and still make the reception? Who will be there? Will anyone notice if
What Kind of Natural Disaster Are You?
A humorous (and honest) look at the weather we bring into each other's lives. There are people who enter your life quietly, settle in comfortably and become part of the scenery. And then there are those who arrive with the kind
Turning Up the Heat
A year ago, we launched The Raad Life as something larger than a podcast. It was an invitation to stop treating the next chapter of life as something to manage—and start seeing it as something we still have the freedom
I Don’t Hit the Ground Running on Mondays Anymore
On Labor Day, maybe the real question isn’t how hard we work. Maybe it’s why we’ve become so uncomfortable when we’re not working. There is something almost comical about publishing this on Labor Day, a national holiday meant, at least in
A Longer Life is Not the Point
We are getting remarkably good at adding years to life, but perhaps the moreinteresting challenge is deciding what those years are for. I recently read an interesting piece by futurist Carl Rohde titled Longevity as ContinuousLifestyle Optimization. His premise is that
We’ve Brought All the Noise With Us
Lately, I’ve noticed an interesting theme showing up from a few different directions. I was sitting at a spa in Mexico recently, about halfway through ‘Slow Productivity’ by Cal Newport, when I looked up and saw the scene above. I couldn’t
Human Beings vs. Human Doings
We've made success incredibly easy to recognize and dangerously easy to misunderstand. If it looks busy, productive, impressive, and outwardly functional, we call it success. Rarely do we stop to ask what it's costing the person underneath it. At this stage of
The Freedom We Hide From
The opposite of freedom isn't always oppression. Sometimes it's self-deception. As America approached its 250th birthday, I've found myself thinking a lot about freedom. Not just the freedom we celebrate as a nation, but the quieter, more personal kind—the freedom we spend
What is YOUR Declaration of Independence?
As we celebrate Independence Day and begin America’s 250th year, I came across a couple of thought-provoking articles that reminded me that declarations of independence aren’t only made by nations. Sometimes they’re made by people rebelling against the status quo…just as
Saddle Up! Reflections from Calistoga
There are weekends that look good in photos… And then there are weekends that quietly remind you what life is actually about. This was more the second kind. No big agenda.No pressure.No need to perform or be “on.” Just a few days in Calistoga