Chad David

Two lessons ago I mentioned I would share a follow up story to go with my first day at Fan Expo, but then, in the last lesson, I didn’t actually share it.  Does that make me a liar or someone who is adjusting to what life brings? As a parent, we regularly have to adjust things and kids can … [Read more...]

Over the last few lessons, I’ve been sharing how discouraging the summer was for me.  What’s fascinating is as time goes by, as I share the stories, and as I follow the tools I’ve taught for dealing with discouragement (i.e. recognizing how others can have it worse and making and focusing on a … [Read more...]

For four years I’ve shared about the addition gone wrong – you’re welcome for beating that topic into the ground.  My expectation was that my first summer not having to worry about working on it would be awesome, and by awesome, I mean normal.  Life is supposed to have its discouragements, … [Read more...]

My book for 2026, "52 Lessons for Nice-aholics", is officially available on Amazon or as a FREE download on my website https://www.chaddavid.ca/books/. The person on the cover is arguably a step up from my book cover person from 2025, "Men are like Dogs: Appreciating how men work" (also available on … [Read more...]

The problem with suffering is it’s sticks like being in a puddle of tar (yes, that’s an old cartoon image since a tar puddle isn’t too common a problem nowadays).  Suffering makes us get stuck in the moment as it reduces our ability to think logically.  The most logical we tend to get is … [Read more...]

Over the last two lessons we’ve been looking at the strange thing about advice.  On one hand, the worst thing we can do socially is give unwanted advice while on the other, one of the wisest things we can do is try to gain a healthy amount of advice from those around us.  To take this a … [Read more...]

In the last lesson we looked at how the dumbest thing we can do socially is tell people unwanted advice or opinions because it comes across as critical and condescending since it suggests we know better than them.  The problem is we’re drawn to sharing because we want to feel helpful and we can … [Read more...]

Last week I went with my family to my wife’s family cottage for three days.  As we were leaving, I thought since we’re not going to be home and I don’t want to waste energy, I should turn down the air conditioner.  To turn it down, I moved the thermostat down from the current 76 to 75. … [Read more...]