by Michael Rucker | Jun 23, 2017 | Live Life Love Newsletters
Hi Everyone, I hope your summer is off to a great start and you are finding your way to having tons of fun. I am starting to really enjoy further deconstructing the topic of fun. Seneca said, “we suffer more in imagination than in reality,” which is likely true....
by Michael Rucker | Mar 23, 2017 | Live Life Love Newsletters
Hi Everyone, Last quarter I mentioned I wanted to start exploring fun and play more deeply. Certainly, I have mastered the art of work, but somehow I have found fun increasingly elusive. Being the nerd I am, simply observing the benefits of fun from my daughter’s...
by Michael Rucker | Dec 23, 2016 | Live Life Love Newsletters
Hi Everyone, The year 2016 is almost ready for the history books. It seems like an especially remarkable year for many — for a variety of reasons — good and bad. Over the course of the year I have shared a lot of personal ups and downs, as well as made a commitment to...
by Michael Rucker | Sep 23, 2016 | Live Life Love Newsletters
Hi Everyone, So this was not the way I wanted to start the next chapter. As many of you know — and I regretfully inform those who do not — my brother Brian passed away sometime within 24 hours of my hitting send on the previous Live Life Love newsletter. A surreal...
by Michael Rucker | Jun 23, 2016 | Live Life Love Newsletters
Hi Everyone, Roy Amara, a systems engineer who worked at the Stanford Research Institute, is credited for establishing Amara’s Law: We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run, and underestimate the effect in the long run. This sentiment has...
by Michael Rucker | Mar 26, 2016 | Live Life Love Newsletters
Hi Everyone, I hope 2016 has been amazing for you so far. If you wanted to make a change this year, New Year’s resolution or otherwise, and your motivation has slipped to the point that progress has stalled, remember this: when we engage in any behavior, motivation is...
