In Episode Eleven, I talk about the most fantastic perspective that you can get when astronauts fly to outer space and look back at our Earth as a tiny, fragile ball of light hanging in a black void. They experience what’s called the overview effect. As Michael Collins from space mission, Apollo 11, wrote, “The…
For Season Two, Episode Ten, I went to Ask Jeeves, and it didn’t tell me that anyone else had said this before me. So, I’m going to write it down. I’ll definitely attribute it to someone else, but I’m not exactly sure who might have said it. In life, decisions are simple when you know…
Welcome to BlankScreen. Throughout the first couple of seasons of blank screen, I’ve been asking a lot of questions like, where do you come up with your ideas? And what’s your favorite rule to live by? Well, I’ve already introduced the Golden Rule versus the platinum rule, which is treat others the way they want…
Last episode, we took a world and completely divided it down the middle; dogs, cats, one or the other, you pick. In episode eight, we discuss the yin and yang, the black and the white, the good and the bad. Black and white does not exist in real life. At a minimum, it’s at least…
In Episode Seven, we discuss dogs and cats. In 2014, life science published an article that proved once and for all, that dog lovers and cat lovers really did have different personalities. Dog lovers tended to be more energetic, whereas cat lovers tended to be more introverted. They interviewed 600 college students to find this…
In Episode Six, we talk about the bridge to success. In Season One, we talked about the recipe for success; identify the next step, take the next step, evaluate, and repeat. But where do you do that? Let us start by defining where you want to go as a place. I like to think that…
In Episode Five, we discuss the difference between listening to respond and listening to understand. While you are watching these blank screen videos, or any video for that matter, you are listening for the sole purpose of understanding. There is no expectation for you to respond, it would actually be pretty weird if you did….
In Episode Four, we talk about the golden rule. Growing up in the 20th century, we were taught the golden rule. What is that rule? A first-grade teacher brought us all into the classroom and said, “All right class, what’s the golden rule,” and we would all say in unison, “treat others the way you…
In Episode Three, we peek behind the creator curtain. As most creators do, we show our stuff to people. I wanted to show these videos to someone and get some feedback. So, I showed them to my wife. I honestly can’t believe it took until Season Two to get here. She made a couple of…
In Episode Two, I introduce you to an idea brought to my attention by the author Adam Grant, who authored the book, Give and Take. Adam Grant and his team conducted a study of workplaces to see who the most successful people were in an office setting. What he found was that the people at…