Author: Dan T. Rogers

Classy Problems is a daily post of thinking in motion by Dan T. Rogers. Each post stands alone as a thought-provoking piece, yet together, they create a puzzle of ideas. They invite you to see things from a different angle, rethink what you thought you knew, and explore what’s beyond your current understanding. Classy has a membership feature! We have a growing collection of Classy’s daily emails, discussion recordings, and a dictionary of concepts. Free for now. Maybe paid later. Always thoughtful. JOIN US to explore the collection for a deeper understanding of the ideas we use to navigate life and the truth as we perceive…

Classy Problems is a daily post of thinking in motion by Dan T. Rogers. Each post stands alone as a thought-provoking piece, yet together, they create a puzzle of ideas. They invite you to see things from a different angle, rethink what you thought you knew, and explore what’s beyond your current understanding. Classy has a membership feature! We have a growing collection of Classy’s daily emails, discussion recordings, and a dictionary of concepts. Free for now. Maybe paid later. Always thoughtful. JOIN US to explore the collection for a deeper understanding of the ideas we use to navigate life and the truth as we perceive…

Classy Problems is a daily post of thinking in motion by Dan T. Rogers. Each post stands alone as a thought-provoking piece, yet together, they create a puzzle of ideas. They invite you to see things from a different angle, rethink what you thought you knew, and explore what’s beyond your current understanding. Classy has a membership feature! We have a growing collection of Classy’s daily emails, discussion recordings, and a dictionary of concepts. Free for now. Maybe paid later. Always thoughtful. JOIN US to explore the collection for a deeper understanding of the ideas we use to navigate life and the truth as we perceive…

Classy Problems is a daily post of thinking in motion by Dan T. Rogers. Each post stands alone as a thought-provoking piece, yet together, they create a puzzle of ideas. They invite you to see things from a different angle, rethink what you thought you knew, and explore what’s beyond your current understanding. Classy has a membership feature! We have a growing collection of Classy’s daily emails, discussion recordings, and a dictionary of concepts. Free for now. Maybe paid later. Always thoughtful. JOIN US to explore the collection for a deeper understanding of the ideas we use to navigate life and the truth as we perceive…

Classy Problems is a daily post of thinking in motion by Dan T. Rogers. Each post stands alone as a thought-provoking piece, yet together, they create a puzzle of ideas. They invite you to see things from a different angle, rethink what you thought you knew, and explore what’s beyond your current understanding. A Lever for Design When proximity is intentional, occurrence becomes a lever for design. What we call aligning up. We don’t align to control what happens. We align to participate with what is already happening. Being a part of something is way cooler than being apart from something. What…

Classy Problems is a daily post of thinking in motion by Dan T. Rogers. Each post stands alone as a thought-provoking piece, yet together, they create a puzzle of ideas. They invite you to see things from a different angle, rethink what you thought you knew, and explore what’s beyond your current understanding. How Precious We define precious as the uniqueness of convenience. The uniqueness over-inflates the importance of a perceived difference. Convenience minimizes the greater quantity of sameness. Preciousness magnifies detail and distinction without acknowledging a larger context or environment that surrounds it. It distracts in its attention to what is…

Classy Problems is a daily post of thinking in motion by Dan T. Rogers. Each post stands alone as a thought-provoking piece, yet together, they create a puzzle of ideas. They invite you to see things from a different angle, rethink what you thought you knew, and explore what’s beyond your current understanding. Tissue Paper Thinking Tissue paper is designed for one use. More than one use comes at the peril of the user. Thinking works in the opposite way. Thinking is inclusive and exploratory and increases in value as we do more of it. Tissue paper thinking is when we’ve thought…

Classy Problems is a daily post of thinking in motion by Dan T. Rogers. Each post stands alone as a thought-provoking piece, yet together, they create a puzzle of ideas. They invite you to see things from a different angle, rethink what you thought you knew, and explore what’s beyond your current understanding. What We Really Believe To Be True We assume our knowing is in alignment with our beliefs. To move information from knowledge to understanding requires effort in the form of processing. We assume that by doing that, we will embed and integrate it into our belief system. At times,…

Classy Problems is a daily post of thinking in motion by Dan T. Rogers. Each post stands alone as a thought-provoking piece, yet together, they create a puzzle of ideas. They invite you to see things from a different angle, rethink what you thought you knew, and explore what’s beyond your current understanding. An Act of Alignment To orient is to align; to establish where we are and where we’re headed mentally, emotionally, and physically. It connects us to a sense of direction, purpose, and intention. Orienting is adjusting ourselves one action at a time. When we orient, we create alignment with…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, March 24, 2025 – Sunday, March 30, 2025 Classy Problems is a daily post of thinking in motion by Dan T. Rogers. Each post stands alone as a thought-provoking piece, yet together, they create a puzzle of ideas. They invite you to see things from a different angle, rethink what you thought you knew, and explore what’s beyond your current understanding. Locate Yourself Classy Problems is not just a collection of concepts. It’s a map — reference to locate yourself inside our semiotic. You don’t need to consume the whole thing, just find…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, March 24, 2025 – Sunday, March 30, 2025 Classy Problems is a daily post of thinking in motion by Dan T. Rogers. Each post stands alone as a thought-provoking piece, yet together, they create a puzzle of ideas. They invite you to see things from a different angle, rethink what you thought you knew, and explore what’s beyond your current understanding. The Intersection of Purpose and Use Function is what something does. Purpose is why it matters. The two don’t always align. Just because something can be used a certain way doesn’t mean…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, March 17, 2025 – Sunday, March 23, 2025 Classy Problems is a daily post of thinking in motion by Dan T. Rogers. Each post stands alone as a thought-provoking piece, yet together, they create a puzzle of ideas. They invite you to see things from a different angle, rethink what you thought you knew, and explore what’s beyond your current understanding. Closer to Right Moving the needle isn’t about being right — it’s about getting closer to right. Every decision, every adjustment, every action moves us toward better alignment. Next version of next…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, March 10, 2025 – Sunday, March 16, 2025 Classy Problems is a daily post of thinking in motion by Dan T. Rogers. Each post stands alone as a thought-provoking piece, yet together, they create a puzzle of ideas. They invite you to see things from a different angle, rethink what you thought you knew, and explore what’s beyond your current understanding. We Are All Equal Equal does not equal the same but it does equal the same score. We’re not measuring enough things if we don’t come up with the same score. Precious…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, March 3, 2025 – Sunday, March 9, 2025 Classy Problems is a daily post of thinking in motion by Dan T. Rogers. Each post stands alone as a thought-provoking piece, yet together, they create a puzzle of ideas. They invite you to see things from a different angle, rethink what you thought you knew, and explore what’s beyond your current understanding. The Value is the Thing The thing is not the value. The value is the thing. Do you value things or do your things have value? Better Than Before We like to…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, February 24, 2025 – Sunday, March 2, 2025 Classy Problems is a daily post of thinking in motion by Dan T. Rogers. Each post stands alone as a thought-provoking piece, yet together, they create a puzzle of ideas. They invite you to see things from a different angle, rethink what you thought you knew, and explore what’s beyond your current understanding. February 24 – Sometimes the Answer is a Question In a world obsessed with quick fixes and finding answers, the value of asking better questions often gets overlooked. It’s the quality of…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, February 17, 2025 – Sunday, February 23, 2025 Classy Problems is a daily post of thinking in motion by Dan T. Rogers. Each post stands alone as a thought-provoking piece, yet together, they create a puzzle of ideas. They invite you to see things from a different angle, rethink what you thought you knew, and explore what’s beyond your current understanding. February 17 – Rhythm Replaces Repetition Repetition is effort. Rhythm is alignment. Repetition keeps things moving. It reinforces habits, builds muscle memory, and ensures we don’t lose momentum — repetition DEVELOPS purpose.…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, February 10, 2025 – Sunday, February 16, 2025 Classy Problems is a daily post of thinking in motion by Dan T. Rogers. Each post stands alone as a thought-provoking piece, yet together, they create a puzzle of ideas. They invite you to see things from a different angle, rethink what you thought you knew, and explore what’s beyond your current understanding. February 10 – Potential Surrender Courage is surrendering to the potential regardless of consequences — real or imagined. What potential are you willing to surrender to? February 11 – Selective Ownership Intentional…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, February 3, 2025 – Sunday, February 9, 2025 Classy Problems is a daily post of thinking in motion by Dan T. Rogers. Each post stands alone as a thought-provoking piece, yet together, they create a puzzle of ideas. They invite you to see things from a different angle, rethink what you thought you knew, and explore what’s beyond your current understanding. February 3 – No Worries vs. My Pleasure The phrases “No worries” and “My pleasure” may seem interchangeable, but they carry distinct tones and intentions shaping how we connect and communicate. “No…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, January 27, 2025 – Sunday, February 2, 2025 Classy Problems is a daily post of thinking in motion by Dan T. Rogers. Each post stands alone as a thought-provoking piece, yet together, they create a puzzle of ideas. They invite you to see things from a different angle, rethink what you thought you knew, and explore what’s beyond your current understanding. January 27 – The Story of You The ‘story of you’ is a story of a person playing a role we assigned and an interaction we critiqued. The story reflects what we…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, January 20, 2025 – Sunday, January 26, 2025 Classy Problems is a daily post of thinking in motion by Dan T. Rogers. Each post stands alone as a thought-provoking piece, yet together, they create a puzzle of ideas. They invite you to see things from a different angle, rethink what you thought you knew, and explore what’s beyond your current understanding. January 20 – The Story of Why Opinions reflect how we process information and reveal our preferences. They are the ‘story of why’ justifying our feelings and impacting our interactions. They serve…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, January 13, 2025 – Sunday, January 19, 2025 Classy Problems is a daily post of thinking in motion by Dan T. Rogers. Each post stands alone as a thought-provoking piece, yet together, they create a puzzle of ideas. They invite you to see things from a different angle, rethink what you thought you knew, and explore what’s beyond your current understanding. January 13 – Unspoken Understanding Words inform us as to what our current thinking is, and those words are part of our semiotic. Our semiotic is the unspoken understanding of context. Semiotics,…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, January 6, 2025 – Sunday, January 12, 2025 Classy Problems is a daily post of thinking in motion by Dan T. Rogers. Each post stands alone as a thought-provoking piece, yet together, they create a puzzle of ideas. They invite you to see things from a different angle, rethink what you thought you knew, and explore what’s beyond your current understanding. January 6 – The Art of Capturing Capturing turns ideas into reality by aligning thought, feeling, and action. It’s the bridge between imagining and actualizing. What idea are you ready to bring…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, December 30, 2024 – Sunday, January 5, 2025 Classy Problems is a daily post of thinking in motion by Dan T. Rogers. Each post stands alone as a thought-provoking piece, yet together, they create a puzzle of ideas. They invite you to see things from a different angle, rethink what you thought you knew, and explore what’s beyond your current understanding. December 30 – It’s All on Loan Everything we possess, our so called stuff, is temporary. We forget that we can’t take it with us. If we can’t take it with us,…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, December 16 – Sunday, December 22, 2024. Classy Problems is a daily post of thinking in motion by Dan T. Rogers. Each post stands alone as a thought-provoking piece, yet together, they create a puzzle of ideas. They invite you to see things from a different angle, rethink what you thought you knew, and explore what’s beyond your current understanding. December 23 – Constraint and Restraint Constraints are the non-negotiable forces that are imposed on us, while restraints are the optional restrictions that we place on ourselves. Same effect, different source; the difference…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, December 16 – Sunday, December 22, 2024. Classy Problems is a daily post of thinking in motion by Dan T. Rogers. Each post stands alone as a thought-provoking piece, yet together, they create a puzzle of ideas. They invite you to see things from a different angle, rethink what you thought you knew, and explore what’s beyond your current understanding. December 16 – An Objective Answers Why Clarifying our objective before getting started can be the difference between success and failure. An objective is a mental intention that defines direction, the emotional alignment…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, December 9 – Sunday, December 15, 2024. Classy Problems is a daily post of thinking in motion by Dan T. Rogers. Each post stands alone as a thought-provoking piece, yet together, they create a puzzle of ideas. They invite you to see things from a different angle, rethink what you thought you knew, and explore what’s beyond your current understanding. December 9 – Our Silent Guide Intuition is often described as a ‘gut feeling’ but it’s far more complex and valuable than ‘gut’ suggests. Intuition is an instinctive mental response that harnesses our…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, December 2 – Sunday, December 8, 2024. Classy Problems is a daily post of thinking in motion by Dan T. Rogers. Each post stands alone as a thought-provoking piece, yet together, they create a puzzle of ideas. They invite you to see things from a different angle, rethink what you thought you knew, and explore what’s beyond your current understanding. December 2 – The Initial Threshold Cultural icons have long heralded space as the final frontier. It made for great entertainment, but it might be more useful to think of space as the…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, November 25 – Sunday, December 1, 2024. Classy Problems is a daily post of thinking in motion by Dan T. Rogers. Each post stands alone as a thought-provoking piece, yet together, they create a puzzle of ideas. They invite you to see things from a different angle, rethink what you thought you knew, and explore what’s beyond your current understanding. November 25 – Developing Courage Courage isn’t the absence of fear but taking action even though fear is present. Courage is understanding what is at risk and doing it anyway. Courageous action is…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, November 18 – Sunday, November 24, 2024. Classy Problems is a daily post of thinking in motion by Dan T. Rogers. Each post stands alone as a thought-provoking piece, yet together, they create a puzzle of ideas. They invite you to see things from a different angle, rethink what you thought you knew, and explore what’s beyond your current understanding. November 18 – The Impact of Community Contribution Here at Classy Problems, we believe that community is built on The Story of We — the idea that, through shared stories, relationships, and connections,…

Does life feel like an unsolvable puzzle, full of complexities, challenges, and opportunities? That’s because it is — we call that life’s ‘too much toomuchness’ here at The Intentional Course (TiC). We’re excited to announce TiC’s next series on navigating the unsolvable, beginning January 15th at 11a PT / 2p ET, weekly on Wednesdays (01/15, 01/22, 01/29) In this 3-week virtual series, we’ll meet for one-hour sessions to explore how to interact with the too much toomuchness. Here’s what you can expect: We believe life is revealed through our failed interactions with reality. It’s not about finding answers, but asking better questions, making decisions,…