Thoughts

The Sindelfinger Zeitung, a regional German newspaper, reports on Jonathan, the giant tortoise on St. Helena. Researchers have found gene variants that are thought to contribute to a particularly effective repair of DNA damage. The hope: one day this knowledge will help us too. The article asks a question: would we even know what to do with additional years? My answer: yes. And I don’t have to wait for more years to do it. For me, freedom began after the sale of my company. S

I’ve recently caught myself thinking something I never used to think. When an idea comes up that would take several years, I sometimes find myself thinking: I’m too old for that. I’m not going to start that now. Not with things that can be done next week. I mean the bigger undertakings. Building something. Starting a long-term project. Learning something that won’t be mastered in three months. In the past, I would first have asked whether the idea interested me, whether it ma

Kenny owns two Hot Wheels cars. One of them is broken. He still plays with them for hours. One day, Rachel Naomi Remen and her practice team give him a whole box with every Hot Wheels car available at the time. A few days later, Kenny stops playing. When she asks why, he answers: “I don't know how to love that many cars, Rachel.” I came across this story in Rachel Naomi Remen's book Kitchen Table Wisdom. With two cars, Kenny could give each one his attention. With a whole box