Happiness in this World » problem solving

Why We Don’t Know Better

Alex Lickerman — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:31:48 +0000

Several years ago, someone I know told me he was contemplating divorcing his wife. I wasn’t surprised. He’d been unhappy in the marriage for some time—and, in my opinion, with good reason: his wife was jealous to the point of being neurotic, often behaving in ways that were shockingly inappropriate, offensive, and stress-inducing.

Or so he’d [...]

Preparation Prevents Piss-Poor Performance

Alex Lickerman — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:04:54 +0000

One day, about a year and a half ago, my wife and I were walking along a street near our home when she grabbed my arm and suddenly exclaimed, “I think that woman is in trouble!”

I followed her gaze to a car stopped at a light and saw to my horror a woman being prevented [...]

The Three Realms Of Confidence

Alex Lickerman — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:18:45 +0000

In 1979, as I was about to enter seventh grade, my parents moved our family from one suburb of Chicago to another where we soon discovered anti-Semitism ran rampant. Changing schools for any boy of thirteen is traumatic enough, but finding myself persecuted verbally and physically for belonging to a particular religion made the transition [...]