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We don’t rise to the level of our goals and intentions, we fall to the level of our preparation and training. We play the…
This is probably one of the hardest lessons that I am beginning to finally learn the hard way. My default is always to try…
Faith (n.) mid-13c., faith, feith, fei, fai “faithfulness to a trust or promise; loyalty to a person; honesty, truthfulness,” from Anglo-French and Old French feid, foi “faith, belief, trust, confidence; pledge” (11c.), from…
If you work hard, what is hard will work, but if you take shortcuts, you will be cut short. There are no secrets to…
“Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.” — Billie Jean King American former world No. 1 tennis player Billie…
That which you most need to find will be found where you least want to look. -Carl Jung. Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Carl Jung once said,…
Buddhist meditation teacher and author Michael Stone developed an acronym-based model for working with strong emotions: SAIN 1—Stop, Allow, Investigate, Non-identification. S: STOP A:…
British naval historian Cyril Northcote Parkinson is famous for the eponymous law, which states that “work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” He…
“Every wall is a door.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson once quipped: “Every Wall is a Door.” No one has a problem-free life; if it is…
In his May 10, 2015 Naropa University graduation address, Parker Palmer offered the advice of Socrates, and urged Naropa graduates to lead “an examined life.” Parker is the…
Then presidential aspirant, Senator Barrack Obama stood in for Senator Edward Kennedy, was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, and Barrack delivered an inspiring commencement speech to the…
Develop your own compass, and trust it. Take risks, dare to fail, remember the first person through the wall always gets hurt. Aaron Sorkin ’83, screenwriter of the…
“Being your own story means you can always choose the tone. It also means that you can invent the language to say who you are and what you…
Peter: Awesome, thanks Sam for inviting me, thanks for having me.I sort of have a single idée fixe that I’m completely obsessed with on the business side which is that…
Mono no aware is a Japanese term for the awareness of impermanence (mujō 無常), or transience of things, and both a transient gentle sadness (or wistfulness) at their…
You may write me down in historyWith your bitter, twisted lies,You may trod me in the very dirtBut still, like dust, I’ll rise. Does my sassiness upset you?Why…
Contrary to what you see on social media, everyone is still trying to figure it out; we all struggle; it is ok not to be ok; it is…
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” -…
Envy /ˈenvē/ noun: a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else’s possessions, qualities, or luck. Envy is from the Latin root word, invidia, the sense of…
“In a moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing to do, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst…
“Humility is a strange thing. The minute you think you’ve got it, you’ve lost it.” – Sir Edward Hulse Sir Edward Hulse once said, “Humility is a strange…