From “How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion” by David McRaney When I asked Broockman and Kalla for a lead or two, they said to look deeper into something psychologists call elaboration, a state of active learning in which a person unpacks a new idea by relating to something they already […]

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From “What Makes You Come Alive: A Spiritual Walk with Howard Thurman” by Lerita Coleman Brown After his father’s death, a grieving and lonely Howard spent much of his time outside alone. Silence and solitude offered solace to Thurman, and in nature he frequently experienced the presence of God, or oneness. He sensed that something

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

From “Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation” by Steven Johnson The most striking discovery in Dunbar’s study turned out to be the physical location where most of the important breakthroughs occurred. With a science like molecular biology, we inevitably have an image in our heads of the scientist alone in the

From “Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations with Frederick Buechner” by Frederick Buechner There are two ways of remembering. One is to make an excursion from the living present back into the dead past. The old sock remembers how things used to be when you and I were young, Maggie. The faraway look in his

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From “The Discipline of Inspiration: The Mysterious Encounter with God at the Heart of Creativity” by Carey Wallace These artists may be the first victim of their own propaganda. Their need to believe may help them to create especially potent lies. Recording those lies may reveal fundamental truths about human nature and desire. And the

From “Wired to Lead: Being the Leader the Church Didn’t Think You Could Be” by Suzanne Nadell Throughout this book I’ve shared lessons I learned while working in newsrooms across the country. They are lessons I had hoped to learn in our churches. Instead, I learned them in the workplace. I learned about justice and

From “Walk with Me: A Journey through the Landscape of Trauma” by Ellen Corcella As I turned around, I saw the patient’s teenage children seated in the darkened corner, frozen in fear. I walked over, and, as I introduced myself, my insides suddenly knotted up as my body connected the patient lying in bed to