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Jan 23, 2012
Book Club: In Which We Meet Erica
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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 lives we read about in the introduction of The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement.... Read More + |
Jun 1, 2010
What Gets In Your Head
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We are bombarded every day by messages, mostly negative, that can impact our frame of mind. What would happen if we took a little more control over what gets in to our heads? Read More + |
Jan 15, 2009
Would you eat the marshmallow or not?
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Andrea at Espresso Shots got me thinking about marshmallows and a famous experiment performed on children in the 1960s. Andrea explains, Each child in the study was given a single marshmallow and told by the researcher: “I’m going to leave the room for a moment. If you can wait until I come back to eat that marshmallow, I’ll give you more.... Read More + |
Oct 10, 2006
Self-Mastery and the Imperishable Prize
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Make no mistake: I am a red-blooded, two-fisted, iron-pumping, rugby-rucking, middle-aged guy with persistent delusions of athletic competence. Because I am what I am, I love to use athletic metaphors. Apparently, so did the apostle Paul.... Read More + |
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