Harold shares a tough lesson with us today: take it slow. As great as it is to get swept off your feet, he shares the merits of not rushing too quickly.

Rebecca tells us how she learned not to overdo it; namely, by overdoing it.

Oksana (Ana) Marafioti makes us look very very vanilla. In fact, reading her answers to our life lessons questions makes us feel like we havent really lived at all. Oksana grew up dancing in her family’s Romani (Gypsy) ensemble in Riga, Latvia when it was still part of the Soviet Union. […]

Meet Paul Lisicky. We were so excited to have this writer share his nuggets of wisdom with us. We’re planning on following his advice (and we think you should too). Paul’s recommendations are straightforward: 1. appreciate the process; 2. let curiosity and dedication guide you; and 3. allow your hurts to heal you. What we […]

Desmond shares the every-day secret of success and happines: it’s all about attitude.

Royal Young. What a cool name. By extension what cool (and ambitious) parents to give him that name. No wonder this creative Lower East Sider, writer at Interview Magazine and The Lo Down, picked up a thing or two from mom and dad: the Oedipus Complex, Daniel Burnham, changing the […]

I don’t remember exactly how I got to that bus stop. Actually, waiting for this train, it slowly comes back to me. I had volunteered to babysit for my friends’ toddler. Insofar as public transportation was concerned, this would prove to be a big week. After crisscrossing the country a […]

Today’s lesson come’s from Renee, a co-worker and optimist; the kind of person who’s always having a great day not just a good one, and who is a pleasure to be around. Renee’s lesson is not to be afraid to ask, and to have an open mind to learning new […]