From “Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success” by Adam Grant People who prefer to give or match often feel pressured to lean in the taker direction when they perceive a workplace as zero-sum. Whether it’s a company with forced ranking systems, a group of firms vying to win the same clients, or […]
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Ancient philosophers proposed it, modern researchers have confirmed it: Being thankful is good for you. By Arthur C. Brooks. 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 Howard Thurman mentored many activists in the civil rights movement and would come to serve as its unofficial spiritual guide and adviser. Drawn to his presence and wisdom, many civil rights leaders – including Bayard Rustin, James Farmer, James
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From “Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation” by Parker J. Palmer Today I understand vocation quite differently – not as a goal to be achieved but as a gift to be received. Discovering vocation does not mean scrambling toward some prize just beyond my reach but accepting the treasure of true
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From “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success” by Carol S. Dweck, PhD A View From The Two Mindsets To give you a better sense of how the two mindsets work, imagine – as vividly as you can – that you are a young adult having a really bad day: One day, you go to a
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From “The Language of the Soul: Meeting God in the Longings of Our Hearts” by Jeff Crosby – Broadleaf Books Memoirist, theologian, and novelist Frederick Buechner has been among the contemporary writers helping readers to listen to their lives – to be mindful of the longings of which Augustine wrote long before him, longings that
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From “Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust” by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith Imagine that the radio had been invented yesterday. Suddenly, you and everyone you know hears about this machine, and one day, you actually see one at a local breakfast place. Picture it: For the first
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