The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than its value. — Charles Dudley Warner Note: Today’s post was written in conjunction with Andy Earle, a research psychologist and writer at Loyola Marymount University, Assistant Director of HeadsUP Research Lab. ————- Most of us think giving great gifts is an art form, but…
God comes to a Russian and tells him he will grant him one wish. “But whatever you choose,” God says, “I will give your neighbor twice as much.” So the man thought and thought and finally said: “Take out my eye.” — Russian joke Today’s post is inspired by the book Prisoners of Geography, the…
One’s reputation, whether false or true, cannot be hammered, hammered, hammered into one’s head without doing something to one’s character. – Gordon Allport After receiving a number of messages about the last two posts I’d written on self-affirmation, I was surprised to find that I had never discussed one of the primary uses for it:…
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…
Money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy you the boat that will take you there. – Ron Carlson Recently, I was offered a part-time job that would allow me to make some extra money; however, in order to accept it, I had to attend a training class, spend hours reading preparatory articles, and then actually…
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man: true nobility is being superior to your former self. – Ernest Hemingway As much as my mother may advocate and believe it, I am very far from perfect. In fact, as is the case with everyone on this planet, I should be described as…