The pressure is mounting. The game's on the line. Everyone is tight. Chaos is the norm in a heated athletic event. The crowd can be deafening. How do we counter that?What do teams do? They huddle up. The closer we, as teammates, can get, the easier it is to block out the noise, and communicate…
Category: COVID-19
Corona Economics
"The next Great Depression", "Another Great Recession", "It's actually a Great Compression", The market, at large, is out of our individual control. What is in our control, however, is whether or not we commit our attitude to making the best of this life. If we do it right, we won't deteriorate the things closest in…
NO MO FOMO
Right now, there's nothing to 'miss out on'. There's nothing happening. The FOMO victims appear to have it even worse than they did before, though. What gives? FOMO — for those who live under a rock, it means: "fear of missing out", and it's used in conversation as if it's an illness. Here's an example:…
Staying at Home, an Opportunity
Quarantined + stay-at-home + shelter-in-place. Our social senses are getting dull, or maybe numb already. Our public spaces are empty. The introverts are a bit confused, but also sort of happy. The social butterflies are neurotic. Business is suffering. Society, at large, is suffering in a multitude of ways. Think of the ill, dying, or…
Cheers to them
Cheers to them | 4/6/20 | Jakob's Journal #cheers #cheerstoyou #shoutout #thankyou