Mindset

Humanly Best

From “Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations with Frederick Buechner” by Frederick Buechner After Buechner’s father’s death, the family moved to Bermuda, rather to Grandma Buechner’s disapproval: YOU SHOULD STAY AND face reality” she wrote, and in terms of what was humanly best, this was perhaps the soundest advice she could have given us: that

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they simply want more from life

From “Embracing Your Second Calling: Find Passion and Purpose for the Rest of Your Life” by Dale Hanson Bourke This huge, unprecedented population movement makes me think that we have an opportunity unlike any group of women has ever faced. I keep thinking that if God could work so mightily through Naomi, what could he

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The fear of exploitation

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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So how would they cope?

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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How Trust Is Modified by Media

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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Less Drama, More Patience

From “Discernment: Reading the Signs of Daily Life” by Henri Nouwen with Michael J. Christensen and Rebecca J. Laird Where does Henri Nouwen’s path of discernment take us? Gradually we notice that our lives are becoming less chaotic and less filled with drama. We notice that we are less anxious and fearful. Although sometimes we

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