Brian Allain

From “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success” by Carol S. Dweck, PhD The fixed mindset limits achievement. It fills people’s minds with interfering thoughts, it makes effort disagreeable, and it leads to inferior learning strategies. What’s more, it makes other people into judges instead of allies. Whether we’re talking about Darwin or college students, important […]

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From “Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation” by Steven Johnson Consider, as an alternate scenario, the story of Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim, three former employees of the online payment site PayPal, who decided in early 2005 the Web was ripe for an upgrade in the way it handled

From “Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations with Frederick Buechner” by Frederick Buechner SOME THINK OF A Christian as one who necessarily believes certain things. That Jesus was the son of God, say. Or that Mary was a virgin. Or that the Pope is infallible. Or that all other religions are all wrong. Some think

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From “Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation” by Parker J. Palmer But what happens to the theory of limits when what I want to do is not to get my picture in the paper but to meet some human need? What happens to that theory when my vocational motive is virtuous,

Many interesting and useful thoughts in this article. Here is one: “And as we know, people don’t buy products, services, or even candidates. They buy feelings…” Read the free article here

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From “What Makes You Come Alive: A Spiritual Walk with Howard Thurman” by Lerita Coleman Brown For years I rarely thought to confer with anyone – let alone God – about my plans. I was goal driven, and I made major decisions about potential jobs and where to live based on my aims and the