Quote: Sir Barnett Cocks on Committees
"A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and quietly strangled."
- Sir Barnett Cocks
Dbl Standard: Meaningful Sht!
In the past, we've had Question Everything Day. Today, I am announcing Talk About Meaningful Shit with Your Friends Week.
Too often, we fall into a rut with our friends, even our closest ones. How's work? Fine. How's Cindy/Bob/Staci? Also fine. How about _____? Fine.
OK, we got it - everything's fine (or everything is f'd up), so can we move on? We are incredible beings floating through this universe and now there are seven billion of us trying to figure out - individually and collectively - how to best appropriate our Life Energy to accomplish ... what?
Read the rest of this article at the new online magazine The Dbl Standard.
Dbl Standard: Go with Flow Man!
They say that traveling betters the soul, but I think that it teaches you to go with the flow. I'll show you what I mean ...
I was about four hours into a bus ride in the ridiculously gorgeous Andes mountains, when I realized - all at once actually - that a) I really really needed to go to the bathroom, and b) the bus did not have a bathroom.
Read the rest of this article at the new online magazine The Dbl Standard.
Love is in the Air
Dbl Standard: Breaking the Trance
Remember that guy that pulled up at Whiskey Kitchen in a 600 horsepower Porsche and walked in with the blonde and the redhead? You know, the guy with the $3,000 suit that bought rounds for his whole table of ten while talking to his VC firm on his world phone?
Dbl Standard: Question Everything!
To feed your core today, you get special permission to question everything. It’s officially Question Everything Day.
Look down at what you are wearing. If you are wearing a tie, why are you wearing it? I mean, how did a strip of fabric that cuts off your flow of oxygen and serves no practical purpose get to be “the thing” people wear to seem respectable? (I actually discovered the answer to this question on an adventure in Brazil, of all places) ...
Read the rest of my article at the new online magazine The Dbl Standard.
Dbl Standard: Smoothie Operator
Too much whiskey at the two-for-one? Looking to turn over a new leaf and be superman? Want something that will boost your energy, give you greater stamina, and is stupid simple to do? In this column, we will hit on quick solutions that Feed UR Core. Read the rest of my article at the new online magazine The Dbl Standard.
Real Mind Control: The 21-Day No-Complaint Experiment
Step Right Up
“Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”
- Mark Twain
Nashville - The Real Music City
