Have you ever noticed that life frequently serves, usually when we are least prepared, opportunities to make life-altering choices. Do I stay at this dead end, but secure job, or take a chance with a new risky opportunity? Do I step out into a new relationship, or cling to the comfort of mom and dads basement? Do I tenaciously adhere to speaking only truth, even if brutal, or do I take the easy road of a barely off-white but much more socially acceptable lie? Choices, big and small, seem to greet our every step. Often, there is no right or wrong response, but there certainly are a variety of consequences to consider.
Fortunately, our culture provides us with three exemplary icons that embody the very essence of our most popular choosing and acting styles. I call them the three great captains of Western civilization: Captain Kirk, Captain Crunch, and Captain Kangaroo.
If you are prone to be a testosterone-based bull in the china shop, then you follow the way of Captain Kirk. Using this strategy you will employ significantly more leap-age than you will look-age. Crank up the adrenalin, and storm the Klingon stronghold armed with a drained phaser and a keen dramatic...