Author: Dan T. Rogers

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,…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, November 11 – Sunday, November 17, 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 11 – Paradox of Simplicity Simplicity refines abundance AND discards complexity. November 12 – Context, Context, Context The three most valuable things in real estate are location, location, location. In communication, it’s…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, November 4 – Sunday, November 10, 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 4 – Securing Certainty Useful quantities of certainty don’t exist. Actual certainty can only be found in the extremes – in the profoundly trivial and absolutely critical. It doesn’t exist in the…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, October 28th – Sunday, November 3rd, 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. October 28 – When More Awesome is Better Than Bigger As life becomes more complex, it’s increasingly important for us to be precise with our words. It’s easy to confuse a system with…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, October 21st – Sunday, October 27th, 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. October 21 – “Bless Your Heart” Some of us misunderstood that the phrase, “Bless your heart” really means, “Go F yourself.” To avoid another misunderstanding, when we say PRECIOUS, we mean SELFISH —…

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 November 7th at 1p PT / 4p ET, weekly on Thursdays. (11/07, 11/14, 11/21) 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,…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, October 14th – Sunday, October 20th, 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. October 14 – Two Thoughts On The Toilet It’s easy to take the solution of the toilet for granted. It’s easy to take the solution of planning, problem-solving, and creating for granted in…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, October 7th – Sunday, October 13th, 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. October 7 – The Proper Use of Hoarding When we keep anything to ourselves, it invariably diminishes its value. Ironically, when we give with no strings attached, more often than not, the joy…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, September 30th – Sunday, October 6th, 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. September 30 – Paradox of Observation Observation reveals what is AND obscures what could be. October 1 – The Leverage of Intersections Intersections represent essential moments where singular paths meet multiple routes, and…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, September 23rd – Sunday, September 29th, 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. September 23 – Terminal Uniqueness We can be so quick to over-inflate the number and importance of differences while ignoring or failing to recognize commonality or sameness. This results in us minimizing the…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, September 16th – Sunday, September 22nd, 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. September 16 – Finished and Complete Complete isn’t finished, but complete is complete. It’s not perfect, but it’s good enuf and that’s all we need to progress. Here’s the thing, all we ever…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, September 9th – Sunday, September 15th, 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. September 9th – External and Internal Orientation The success of our predecessors teaches us that external orientation is key in survival moments. It’s about assessing external threats – what we need FROM our…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, September 2nd – Sunday, September 8th, 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. September 2 – Paradox of Stability Stability comes at the cost of eventually taking for granted what has been provided. September 3 – Don’t Confuse Facts With an Opinion Why are we arguing…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, August 26th – Sunday, September 1st, 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. August 26 – The Greatest Gifts Given and The Only One to Give When facing a survival problem, we have the gift of self-preservation. We can’t overstate the success of survival. When facing…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, August 19th – Sunday, August 25th, 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. August 19 – Function & Purpose Function is about WHAT something does – the specific actions or tasks it performs. Purpose is about WHY it exists or is used – the reason or…

Welcome to the Classy Problems weekly mash-up for Monday, August 12th – Sunday, August 19th, 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. August 12 – The Story of We The stories I tell myself establish the direction of how I interact in all my relationships. My belief is that sharing in stories is one…