This reflection may get me into trouble. But, here goes. A few days ago, I was sitting at the Union struggling with a hard, wrinkled, overcooked, sorry-I-ordered hotdog for lunch as I waited in my “office” to talk with a student. I always talk with students on their turf rather than in my department office. Anyway, [...]
I just put down Terese Amabile’s THE PROGRESS PRINCIPLE. In it she says that higher purpose leads to better performance, and better performance results in greater achievement. That is, reflected upon work, purposeful work, meaningful work, is the single most factor in achievement; that loving what you do and doing what you love, that having [...]
I was just reading an article in the New York Times by Rik Smits on left-handedness. Boy, he sure hit the proverbial nail on the head. I am living proof of that. I knew exactly what he was talking about since my life spans the times when being left-handed was condemned and is now supposedly [...]
It was black this morning as I went out onto the silent pre-dawn streets and into me. For me, no spiritual, meditative, philosophical, or even cognitive exercise is as powerful as silence, as experiencing the “joy of stillness,” as quiet exploration of your inner self, as just being a sacred, noble, unique “me.” In that [...]
