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Feb 27, 2012

Book Club: The Final Chapter

laura boggess

The last two chapters of The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement are a beautiful tribute to aging well.  They make me want to step back and observe my life—to...

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Feb 20, 2012

Book Club: David Brooks for President

laura boggess

Dear Mr. Brooks, There is a campaign going on. Have you noticed? I am not typically one to give political advice, but I’ve been reading your book, The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of...

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Feb 13, 2012

Book Club: Deeper

laura boggess

In the first chapter of our reading from David Brooks’ The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement this week we read about Erica’s successful rise to CEO of the...

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Feb 6, 2012

Book Club: The Ups and Downs

laura boggess

When I read our chapters for the book club this week, I couldn’t help reflecting back to when we first started reading The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement....

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Jan 30, 2012

Book Club: What Makes People Happy

laura boggess

This week in our reading from David Brooks’ The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement, we read about intelligence, making choices, and freedom versus...

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Jan 23, 2012

Book Club: In Which We Meet Erica

laura boggess

So we finally meet Erica. And what a character she is. In our book club readings this week, David Brooks introduces us to the other half of the happy couple with the wonderfully fulfilling...

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Jan 18, 2012

Book Club: On Synaptogenesis, Learning, and Attachment

laura boggess

The other night I dreamed I was looking in the mirror when my cell phone rang. I picked it up to find my eldest son on the other end. “I just called to say goodbye,” he said. And then he...

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Jan 9, 2012

Book Club: The Social Animal

laura boggess

“This is the happiest story you’ve ever read…” That first line pulled me in because…I like a happy story. Don’t you?  In the introduction of The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love,...

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During the past several days, I have been reflecting on various implications of a passage in Ezekiel 41 in which God reveals his plans for beautiful decorations of the temple in Jerusalem. I began... Read More +