Jacob Schnee

Laying out my personal manifesto to help clarify life and things

20 years into the practice, pausing to posit why exactly meditation is so refreshing for the mind, body and spirit.

Reason #71839 why local libraries are the friggin' best: live homework help. For free! All afternoon and night. Pure magic, I say.

Here's a fast and easy way to make the world better, which costs virtually nothing: Give more praise to the people in your life.

That thing you don't like about yourself or your spouse just needs a little love and understanding. (And fine, yes, it needs some work too.)

It's January. Time to say "yes" to new things, right? But what if instead, now were the perfect time to embrace the merciful beauty of "no"?

I started teaching myself piano. Why? Music connects where words can't.

I was flipping through the latest Poetry Moves collection a couple months ago. After reviewing all 10 pieces, it was clear. One shined...

Anyone who's seen the legendary film Glengarry Glen Ross recognizes it instantly as a symbol for the most hardcore of Type A,...

Here's a tip for all the harried creatives and project managers out there. One question we regularly face is: what is the best way to use...

Seth said it. The Pinging he calls it. As if it were a Stephen King! So much meaning in so few words. "Dang, that guy's brilliant," I...

Do you know what today is? If you're a palindrome lover like me you know where this is going. It's 1/23/21! How might you celebrate a...

Make it shorter.

Do you want to improve life for others? If you didn't answer 'yes' then I applaud not only your honesty but your self-awareness. You may...

As famed ad man Rory Sutherland describes, there are two ways to increase the value of your product or service. 1. Make your thing...

Marketing and advertising often get maligned as snake oil. Sometimes this is completely accurate. (Like so many areas, it all depends on...

Some of us are all too familiar with the feeling. That feeling that you're in the wrong place. That somebody, somewhere made a mistake...

Alignment is a pretty important thing. Don't believe me? Try putting a piping pot roast on a wobbly table. Bottoms up!

We began time tracking at work last week. What an enlightening exercise. This might quickly become the most influential thing I've done...

Indulge me a brief ode to L-Theanine, a lovely little amino acid. I usually get mine through green tea, or through matcha. What does it...