From “Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life” by Luke Burgis We’ll see in this chapter that mimetic conflict is contagious. It can lead to a social environment in which everyone is reacting mimetically to everyone else. This dynamic keeps people locked in cycles of endless conflict, bound to one another through mimesis, …
From “Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation” by Parker J. Palmer My youthful understanding of “Let your life speak” led me to conjure up the highest values I could imagine and then try to conform my life to them whether they were mine or not. If that sounds like what we …
by David A. Shirey https://davidashirey.com/blog/living-out-the-verbs-of-our-lives-transitioning-into-retirement
From “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success” by Carol S. Dweck, PhD Who’s right? Today most experts agree that it’s not either – or. It’s not nature or nurture, genes or environment. From conception on, there’s a constant give-and-take between the two. In fact, as Gilbert Gottlieb, an eminent neuroscientist, put it, not only do …
From “Embracing Your Second Calling: Find Passion and Purpose for the Rest of Your Life” by Dale Hanson Bourke Here’s what I am learning: God wants us to spend the second halves of our lives worrying less about what we do and more about who we become. He wants to turn our lives upside down …
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From “The Language of the Soul: Meeting God in the Longings of Our Hearts” by Jeff Crosby Saudade – A vague and constant desire for something that does not and possibly cannot exist, for something other than the present, a turning toward the past or toward the future; not an active discontent or poignant sadness …
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From “Listen To Your Day: The Life-Changing Practice of Paying Attention” by Paul Angone What would you do if a bear moonwalked right in front of you? Gasp? Laugh? Pull out your phone as quickly as possible to take a video? What if I told you that you probably wouldn’t do any of these things? …
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From “The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything” by Stephen M. R. Covey A cynic might ask, “So what? Is trust really more than a nice-to-have social virtue, a so-called hygiene factor? Can you measurably illustrate that trust is a hard-edged economic driver?” I intent to answer these questions emphatically in this …
From “Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success” by Adam Grant In the 1830s, Lincoln was striving to be the DeWitt Clinton of Illinois, referencing a U.S. senator and New York governor who spearheaded the construction of the Erie canal. When Lincoln withdrew from his first Senate race to help Lyman Trumbull win …
From “Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life” by Luke Burgis You probably follow at least a few people who function as unhealthy models of desire for you. It might be an acquaintance or former colleague, someone you follow on social media, or maybe even a former classmate whose career you’ve followed through …