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Based on a question she was curious about, “How do I respond to expectations?” author Gretchen Rubin discovered that people fit into Four Tendencies: Upholders,…
A thermostat is a regulating device component that senses a physical system’s temperature and performs actions to maintain the system’s temperature near a desired setpoint. 1 A thermostat…
Solitude is from Latin solitudinem (nominative solitudo) and Old French solitude “loneliness” (14c.). It is a state of being alone or remote from society. Most of us got a real…
The Museum of Failure is a touring exhibition that features a collection of failed products and services. It was inspired by its founder and…
Computer Scientist and Best-Selling Author Cal Newport’s books have been very influential in my quest to use technology deliberately and be more productive. His…
American tennis prodigy Venus Williams was offered three million dollars on the eve of her first professional tennis tournament. On the eve of playing…
British naval historian Cyril Northcote Parkinson is famous for the eponymous law, which states that “work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” He…
You do not need to be great to start but you have to start to be great. It might not seem so but everyone is trying to figure…
In his May 10, 2015 Naropa University graduation address, Parker Palmer offered the advice of Socrates, and urged Naropa graduates to lead “an examined life.” Parker is the…
Then presidential aspirant, Senator Barrack Obama stood in for Senator Edward Kennedy, was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, and Barrack delivered an inspiring commencement speech to the…
Develop your own compass, and trust it. Take risks, dare to fail, remember the first person through the wall always gets hurt. Aaron Sorkin ’83, screenwriter of the…
“Being your own story means you can always choose the tone. It also means that you can invent the language to say who you are and what you…
Peter: Awesome, thanks Sam for inviting me, thanks for having me.I sort of have a single idée fixe that I’m completely obsessed with on the business side which is that…
“The road to success is not straight, there is a curve called failure, a loop called confusion, speed bumps called friends, red lights called enemies, caution lights called…
You may write me down in historyWith your bitter, twisted lies,You may trod me in the very dirtBut still, like dust, I’ll rise. Does my sassiness upset you?Why…
Contrary to what you see on social media, everyone is still trying to figure it out; we all struggle; it is ok not to be ok; it is…
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” -…
Envy /ˈenvē/ noun: a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else’s possessions, qualities, or luck. Envy is from the Latin root word, invidia, the sense of…
“In a moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing to do, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst…
“Humility is a strange thing. The minute you think you’ve got it, you’ve lost it.” – Sir Edward Hulse Sir Edward Hulse once said, “Humility is a strange…