My granddaughters, Rachel and Allison live on Kodiak Island, Alaska, courtesy of the US Coast Guard. Thanks to Skype, we can read to them weekly. With ballet and buses as current interests, the local library is a source for books on those topics. During our visits, we can have reading marathons. In between, we read them…
The same suggestions show up on lists of what makes people happy. There is a sense that if only I won Powerball, I’d be happy forever. A Journal of Personality and Social Psychology study published in 1978 debunks that. The study compared the happiness level of lottery winners with non-winners and with people who had suffered a…
My spirituality group is on summer break. So, this seemed like an opportune time to launch a writing accountability group, an idea that arose after our group spent four weeks writing and reading This I Believe essays. When people make a commitment, like wedding vows or giving testimony in court, a public pronouncement carries a heavier weight than just thinking…
What’s trending in summer 2015? Navy.The color that is. Even though we knew what stylist, Wendy Pilch was referring to, her comment didn’t go over well with West Point Women attending a lunch and learn at KornFerry hosted by Kate Kohler, USMA ’96. Liz Halford, USMA ’88 had the best rebuttal when she reframed, “Put navy to…
What kind of people do you like to be around? Are you interested in hanging out with friends who got straight A’s in school, graduated number one in their class or qualified for the NCAA championship in their sport? Those achievements are exciting and rewarding for the individual who accomplishes them, but we don’t use…
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