Category: Personal Growth
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“We Talkin’ Bout Practice.”
Every year I lay out New Year’s resolutions with my two brothers and my dad. The format has evolved from an in-person meeting with an agenda to a shared Google Doc with categories like “Financial, Spiritual, Family, Fitness” to its current iteration, which might just be a casual chat over breakfast with one of them.…
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Approaching Happiness
In a recent interview with Arthur Brooks, a Happiness Scientist and professor at Harvard (he also recently published a book with Oprah), he distilled happiness into three elements: satisfaction, enjoyment, and meaning. Brooks’ thesis stuck with me as I reflected on my life and the lives of our students. 1. SATISFACTION This summer I installed…
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Competence = Confidence
Every fall, my dad and I head north for our annual fly-fishing trip. It’s a chance to reconnect with each other and with nature, and to feed my soul with sustenance for the long Michigan winter. I have this trip circled for 364 days, and yet every year, a few days before I leave, I’m…
