From “Innovation and Entrepreneurship” by Peter F. Drucker To take a specific example, hamburger stands have been around in the United States since the nineteenth century; after World War II they sprang up on big-city street corners. But in the McDonalds hamburger chain – one of the success stories of the last twenty-five years – […]
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From “On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old” by Parker J. Palmer We have no choice about death. But we do have choices to make about how we hold the inevitable – choices made difficult by a culture that celebrates youth, disparages old age, and discourages us from facing into our mortality.
From “Discernment: Reading the Signs of Daily Life” by Henri Nouwen with Michael J. Christensen and Rebecca J. Laird Discernment is a spiritual understanding and an experiential knowledge of how God is active in daily life that is acquired through disciplined spiritual practice. Discernment is faithful living and listening to God’s love and direction so
From “What Makes You Come Alive: A Spiritual Walk with Howard Thurman” by Lerita Coleman Brown What contemplative prayer and different forms of meditation – including insight, mindfulness, transcendental, and vipassana meditation – have in common is an attempt to reduce the inner chatter. When the mind is quieted and the heart stilled, we often
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Here is the next installment of Kaitlin Curtice’s series “Is Publishing Sustainable?”
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From “The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything” by Stephen M. R. Covey The First Wave: Self Trust The first wave, Self Trust, deals with the confidence we have in ourselves – in our ability to set and achieve goals, to keep commitments, to walk our talk – and also with our
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From “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success” by Carol S. Dweck, PhD One day my doctoral student, Mary Bandura, and I were trying to understand why some students were so caught up in proving their ability, while others could just let go and learn. Suddenly we realized that there were two meanings to ability, not
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