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Accepting the Wrong Council

“To accept good advice is but to increase one’s own ability," Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German playwright, poet and novelist. Advice is everywhere. From political pundits to advice columns to social networking sites, advice is readily available and fre... Read >

Cowardly Lies

“We tell lies when we are afraid… afraid of what we don’t know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger," Tad Williams, American author. To tell a l... Read >

Respecting Authority

“Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one’s superiors; care for one’s crew," Grace Murray Hooper, American computer scientist and Naval officer. Many have been in the predicament of having to respect a decision they d... Read >

Family: Of Utmost Importance

“When I no longer got everything I wanted, I learned the importance of my family, my wife, my friends. I always deeply appreciated them, but I came to realize that without them I’m really nothing, and to what degree that’s true,” G... Read >

Selfishness

“Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without in himself," Henry Ward Beecher, 19th century American minister. Who knows someone who never has a moment of selfishness? No one does. Everyone has selfish ... Read >

To Seek Truth

“It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes… we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us to seek insight is where it accords with our emotions – especially selfish ones," Alexander Solzhenitsyn, R... Read >

Seeing Through Others’ Eyes

“If you just learn a single trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it," Atticus Fi... Read >

Changes: Sometimes Necessarily Hard

“The transition has been hard. It involves change. When you work with people who are taking care of other people, there’s always a pull to go back to the old way," Barbara Hamilton, Canadian judge and actress. Being set in our ways can be stabilizing, ... Read >

Throwing Out a Bad Ego

“I don’t know that I ever wanted greatness, on its own. It should be a by-product, not a thing in itself. Otherwise, it’s just an ego trip," Roger Zelazny, American author. Ever drop an apple, only to pick it up and find a big fat bruise on it? You the... Read >

How do you teach your Child Empathy?

In the first place, why would you want your child to develop empathy? Surely they’ll do better in life if they have a hard-nosed aggressive, me-first attitude? Wrong, according to Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence, the groundbreaking book t... Read >