“It’s impossible,” said pride. “It’s risky,” said experience. “It’s pointless,” said reason. “Give it a try,” whispered the Heart. — Unknown Last week, we talked about self-affirmation and the ways it can help protect you from threatening situations. In fact, one of our readers even commented how he himself found the technique useful in his…
Be yourself, but always your better self. — Karl Maeser I want you to do a little exercise I do with my class before they receive the grades for their first attempt at writing a research paper where the class average is a C-/D+: From the following six topics, please mentally rank them in order…
The average dog is a nicer person than the average person. — Andy Rooney After thinking a lot about the quality of human who may be the next leader of the free world, I decided that this week should take a break from our often reprehensible species and turn to an altogether different–and arguably superior…
The human understanding when it has once adopted an opinion draws all things else to support and agree with it. — Sir Francis Bacon If humans could answer one question to solve the world’s problems, it would be this: How do you persuade someone to believe something other than what they do? Or so begins…
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance. — Plato And so it begins… This previous Monday was the first in the series of presidential debates between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. And although the presidential debates can be informative and insightful to watch, surprisingly, there’s little evidence that they actually influence voter opinions. A careful…
Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety. — Moliere As gray as the world really is, people are seeing it more and more as black and white. Acts are either good or evil. Opinions are either right or wrong. You’re either Team Edward or Team Jacob. Is that joke too…