Learning

A Letter to My Son About Failure

Hey buddy, I can still picture the excitement on your face when I came to pick you up from your karate lesson tonight. “Get your phone...

Motivated Monday – The Need for Adversity (Good Timber)

Happy Monday! This weekend I was reminded of this wonderful poem about the necessity for adversity in life. Without opposition, obstacles...

International Try Something New Day

Well, I’m on a crusade to help people overcome their ruts. I never want anyone to get to the end of their life and say, “I wish I would...

20 Reasons Why Intelligent People Fail

This is a really interesting list from Robert Sternberg’s book, In Search of the Human Mind 1. Lack of motivation. A talent is irrelevant...

Why Perfectionists Are Often the Biggest Failures

Group 1 would be graded on the total number of pots they could create throughout the semester, with a minor importance given to quality....

A Wish for Our New Graduates

To continue our Graduation Week posts, I wanted to share this wonderful short poem from Donald Kaag, a high school teacher from Moscow,...

7 Tips for High School Graduates

This week all around the country many teenagers will graduate high school. All the years of homework, minimum wage, and social anxiety...

Obstacle or Advantage? – The Incredible Story of Anthony Robles

This weekend was the collegiate national wrestling championships. As I watched it briefly I was reminded of a great wrestler named...

I’ve Learned…

that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them. I’ve learned- that no...