January 2012
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Jan 27th
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Jan 26th
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Jan 26th
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Jan 22nd
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Jan 19th
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“I came across a pro-con list of people I was potentially going to ask to my...”
– My lovely friend Jill, whose priorities I share
Jan 19th
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Jan 18th
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“And most humans have two contradictory impulses: we love and need one another,...”
– Susan Cain, an (the?) “introversion expert,” in the New York Times’ The Rise of the New Groupthink, which suggests despite society’s inclination toward group activity and “groupthink,” creativity and productivity are best fostered individually and in solitude
Jan 16th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 10th
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Jan 9th
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I'm just going to say it,
anniehinton: I am NOT spontaneous. Give me plans or give me death. All I ever want.
Jan 9th
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Jan 8th
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Jan 8th
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Jan 7th
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Jan 7th
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Jan 1st
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December 2011
35 posts
women, stop submitting to men.
A beautiful Biblical reminder from Russell Moore, Dean of the School of Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (via). Those of us who hold to so-called “traditional gender roles” are often assumed to believe that women should submit to men. This isn’t true. Indeed, a primary problem in our culture and in our churches isn’t that women aren’t submissive enough to men, but...
Dec 28th
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“[W]omen are aware of external expectations around “doing it all” and...”
– MediaPost on the new Ipsos study “Today’s Women: Newfound Power, Persistent Expectations”
Dec 28th
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Dec 27th
Dec 26th
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Merry Christmas to all!
 The people who walked in darkness    have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness,    on them has light shone. You have multiplied the nation;    you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you    as with joy at the harvest,    as they are glad when they divide the spoil. For the yoke of his burden,    and the staff for his shoulder,    the rod of his oppressor,...
Dec 25th
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 21st
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Randomness adds luster
stevespinello: From HBR’s Daily Stat: In an experiment that provided participants with an opportunity to buy a discounted coffee mug, those who were told they had been randomly selected to get the discount were 3 times more likely to want to buy than people who believed everyone got the discount. Researchers Jerry M. Burger and David F. Caldwell of Santa Clara University say such “special”...
Dec 21st
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Dec 17th
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Dec 16th
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“When my twin boys were four, I asked them what the capital of America was....”
– Adam Morgan in his blog post “The Trouble with Insight” (via my brilliant friend Kristin, a coordinator at Egg Strategy) In his blog post, Morgan makes a point that a lot of rising planners — well, okay, I — struggle to recognize: Insight isn’t shorthand for...
Dec 15th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 13th
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“Scarcity creates its own psychology.”
– David Brooks in “The Unexamined Society,” a July 2011 op-ed piece that suggests scarcity produces its own cognitive traits — ones that impair rational thinking. A quick question: What is the starting taxi fare in your city? If you are like most upper-middle-class people, you...
Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 11th
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