Well, I’ve debated about whether to make this public, but I’m letting the cat out of the bag. I’ve got a big birthday coming up. And I’ve noticed that I’ve had both a sense of pride over the pretty sweet place I’m at in my life… and I’ve also noticed a bit of worry...
Encourage Your Brain: Halloween Edition It’s the Halloween season! (And I’m wearing the fingernail colors to prove it!) So often at Halloween, we think about costumes: What will I wear? How will I dress myself (or a partner or a child)? What appeals to me and makes me...
https://youtu.be/vBTttWKWh2s There’s a quote attributed to Dick Cavet that says “It’s the rare person who wants to hear what they don’t want to hear.” So the question I ask myself is, how do you get people who don’t want to hear, to hear? * How do you get the coaching...
I’m enjoying Adam Grant’s book, Think Again. Among the many things I learned was a fun insight that might alleviate some of the Impostor Syndrome attacks that I hear about from so many of my colleagues, and that I encounter myself! Grant talks in his book about some...
As Pride Month comes to a close, I asked one of our instructors if we could share an article she had written, because it touched my heart and reflects our tagline, “Changing Minds, for Good.” We want every mind to be able to look at life through the lens...
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