From “Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation” by Steven Johnson All of us live inside our own private versions of the adjacent possible. In our work lives, in our creative pursuits, in the organizations that employ us, in the communities we inhabit – in all these different environments, we are surrounded […]
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All of us will experience pain and stress, but the brain has some smart ways to protect us. Here is how to get prepared for periods of adversity https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/aug/14/the-psychological-immune-system-four-ways-to-bolster-yours-and-have-a-happier-calmer-life?ref=refind
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From “Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life” by Richard Rohr When I say that you will enter the second half of life, I don’t mean it is a strictly chronological way. Some young people, especially those who have learned from early suffering, are already there, and some older folks are still
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From “Embracing Your Second Calling: Find Passion and Purpose for the Rest of Your Life” by Dale Hanson Bourke Today, more than forty million women in the U.S. are considered to be in “midlife.” Those ages forty and over make up more than half of the female population in America, according to the U.S. Census
From “How Will You Measure Your Life?” by Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth, and Karen Dillon This may sound counterintuitive, but I deeply believe that the path to happiness in a relationship is not just about finding someone who you think is going to make you happy. Rather, the reverse is equally true: the path
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From “Cumulative Advantage: How to Build Momentum for Your Ideas, Business, and Life Against All Odds” by Mark W. Schaefer Since Merton’s original paper debuted more than 50 years ago, the Matthew Effect is also more commonly referred to as Cumulative Advantage. The most accepted description of this idea is that the advantage of one
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From “Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success” by Adam Grant If politics can be fertile ground for givers, it’s possible that givers can succeed in any job. Whether giving is effective, though, depends on the particular kind of exchange in which it’s employed. This is one important feature of giving to keep
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From “How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion” by David McRaney As the decade came to a close, a New York Times op-ed titled “The Age of Post-Truth Politics” argued that democracy itself was now in danger because facts had “lost their ability to support consensus.” The New Yorker examined “Why