Tenacity with a little playfulness thrown in can be a powerful combination when you’re looking for—and finally doing—the work of your life. If you were armchair running, swimming, paddling and shooting your way through the Summer Olympics like I … [Continue reading]
I just returned from the #140edu conference in New York City, where I talked about our needing to have a discussion about values in our schools so that our kids have “toolboxes for living and working” when they go out into the world. (You can find … [Continue reading]
Schools have their own values, but those values alone are not enough to guide our kids to fulfilling lives and work. Actively providing students with this kind of direction is something all of our schools should be doing. When it comes to values, … [Continue reading]
Anthropologist Margaret Mead (1901-1978) once said: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” People who go on to make a real difference have one thing in … [Continue reading]
How do you decide what you should do with your life? How do you figure out what “a good life” would look like for you? How do you sort through the possibilities and choose the kind of work you will do? After years of working, how can you … [Continue reading]
