“Work is a universal theme, but what struck me was how it is spoken with the tone of a person sentenced to life in prison.”
All in Miscellany
Yes, You Can!
“Yes! is a strategy I have often found helpful. My own efforts at reining in the weight-creep that came after the sedentary habits of grad school…”
What Would You Do Differently If...
“Live large, I say. Don’t zip through the retirement money (just in case), but maybe stop obsessing so much about the little things.”
Mastery as an Attainable Concept
“Maybe what matters most is not the seemingly-ultimate prize of reaching the top. True masters learn that the actions and results from each separate day are what matter.”
Luck and the Liberal Arts
“…given a three year opportunity to teach freshman classes cryptically titled “Thought and Writing.” …I discovered something chilling: knowing how to really think was not a skill that had, so far, been nurtured in most of my students.”
Happy. New. Year!
“It’s not the prevailing winds of your life that dictate the direction you go, but how you set your sails. Somehow, somewhere along the way, I learned this.”