ONO NORTHEY

"Why did you become a writer?" I'm sure there's plenty of blame to go around on that one, from teachers to other authors, but if I really try to pin it down ...

There was a moment. There was a moment in my childhood where I taught my mom to "move the line up" in our first word processing program, Clarisworks. There w...

Doom does not fail! All setbacks are simply the lessons and steps required for final victory! So, let's look at some new years resolutions, doom-style. Step...

So, I spent my birthday weekend training some BJJ with the deadliest human I've ever met. Naturally, I am very, very sore today, and I found myself dreading...

Books are a very personal thing, and who we are changes the reading experience so intensely, that they are a very hard thing to recommend to a person without...

We've all heard that human potential is limitless. But is it? Here's a thought experiment for you. Actually think about how complicated mastering human spee...

How do we get ourselves to do the hard things? Our alarm goes off to remind us to exercise, or read, or do our taxes, or whatever... but how do we summon up ...

A lot of speakers tell us to remove our hidden, limiting beliefs and instruct us on how to replace them with empowering ones. But what if we can't find any ...

There are two aspects of who we are that require cultivation and improvement. The first, are skills. Being a better speaker, being a better author, being b...

So, you have an impossible goal, eh? Here's how to get that shit done. Step 1: Start at the solution of being. Who do you have to be to get that goal accomp...

A lot of people ask themselves how to achieve life balance. For some, it's how to balance work with play, for others it's family time vs "the mission". Wha...

There are five negative emotions that tend to get the most inaction surrounding them - we sit and stew, or lay awake in bed, or fester away with them instead...

I think that if you'd asked me how to make the world a better place I probably would have had a different answer every decade, and who knows? Perhaps my answ...

"Your son could do so much better if only he applied himself" Sound familiar? Can I get a quick show of hands from all the parents who are seeing this on e...

Something I've been thinking a lot about lately is the importance of framing in terms of education. That is, having a "why" behind what we learn. I remember...

For any readers of The Shard Chronicles, you're probably fairly familiar with the concept of C3GUS. For those of you who aren't, here's the short version: C...

In video game programming, I learned a term: "Game Sprite". Basically, there's the player character, and then there's everyone else. A while ago, I saw a vi...

Are you running a business, doing what you love, but miserable? Turns out, this is a pretty common thing. Artists and technicians are the very best, super p...

Step 1: Have a reason. Nobody does anything without a reason why. We need leverage to change and to grow. So, why do you want to raise your standards? (Hi...

How do we discover our passion, find our purpose, cultivate a life mission, create an ikigai, develop a techne, craft our why... or any other variation on th...