The encouragement to think

• A clean, decluttered closet and desktop helps us free our mind and think clearly.
• Our mental space is cleared when we remove the excess stuff around us.
• Apart from creating room in our minds, space also frees up our time and makes us easy to sit and listen to a friend, or...

Overloading our senses can make us believe we are moving in the right direction, or at least in a direction. But the constant cycle of tasks we tackle without ever thinking often leaves us stagnant.

Being busy is a defense mechanism. It’s a way to avoid just b...

The question of what existed before the universe began reveals a profound limitation in human intuition:

• The Big Bang represents the beginning of space and time itself
• Before the Big Bang may be meaningless—like north of the North Pole
• Time as we unders...