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I've hated people deeply. And if you're being honest, so have you, anyone who says they've never hated someone is lying to themselves, but is our nature truly so constraining that there's nothing for us to do about that? The more I think on my enemies, the harder it becomes to hate them, even if I still am at odds with them. I have found in my life that everyone I have ever spoken to thinks they're in the right. They'll gimme detailed arguments for why someone else was ter

So, arguing has this way of making us feel good about ourselves if we, quote, win an argument. It's got this competitive appeal. It's based on the domination of your opponent through wit, knowledge, or simply by overwhelming them to the point where they lose. They don't really see the point in responding back. Speaking for myself, it feels good to win an argument. Watching the other side sulk away in submission gives us kind of a validation that makes us think that we're

As I've gotten a little older, I've begun to notice all the small signs of aging beginning to show. I see the faint wrinkles starting to form and the rough skin that has seen way too much sun. When I began to notice these imperfections, I think it bothered me at first because I wasn't ready to accept that I was becoming middle aged. I think I'm past that now, but of course, I'd still prefer to have my youth if that's an option. But all things considered, I feel relatively co

What in life deserves our time and attention, and what things don't? I hope that as we consider that question, along with other topics on this show, that we can all learn to live our lives just a little more intentionally. This is Seth Roberts. Thanks for joining me on Skipping Stones - “Marshmallow People.” There are some really bad people out there. But then there are all the people that want you to think they're really bad, but actually aren't. It's easy to think we know w

I think when we talk about finding ourselves, it can mean a lot of things. But most of the time, in a practical sense, it means to learn how you want to move through life. Where I think we get stuck, though, is the idea that we need to find it. What matters to you in life does not necessarily reside in some deep corner of your soul that needs to be discovered. What matters is something you have to decide.

Do you ever feel overwhelmed by good advice? Like somehow, you're behind. If you're not waking up at four 30, journaling, meditating, cold plunging, eating liver, and starting a business by lunch, the truth is that nothing ever happens more than one step at a time, and you don't have to do everything. So, I was being a creeper the other day and I chose to listen in on a conversation that two guys at the gym were having.

I really dislike the word should. It's this incredible word that we use to describe not what a person is going to do, but what they are going to do if they're adhering to our perception of what is correct or right. When referring to myself, there are lots of things that I should do because I have values and a moral compass that my shoulds are based on. Where I struggle is when I find myself or others insisting so strongly that our version of should.

I've known a lot of smart people in my life. And I enjoy spending time with these people. They often have something interesting to say, but I've noticed that many of these hyper intelligent people in my life have kind of failed to meet the expectations that I had of them. I always thought these guys would be richer than me, or, or at the very least, have accomplished something meaningful.

In my line of work, people hire us to find things underground. And that being said, we come into contact with a lot of people that move dirt around for a living. In our modern era, most of that digging. Every once in a while, I'll come across a few guys that are waiting for an excavator to show up so they can start digging. Most of the time, these guys carry shovels in their trucks. In fact, almost always. I've seen guys waiting over an hour for an excavator to arrive when