Imperative Purpose Drivers Quiz

Who: Organization. Your purpose is to work to help teams and organizations
Why: Harmony. You are driven to ensure everyone has access
How: Structure-driven. You generate purpose most when you work to develop the systems, tools, and structures to enable consistency in excellence ( Read more... )

I finished reading Daring Greatly by Brene Brown today. Really great read, I highly recommend.

A few thoughts and aha! moments:

• Shame resilience includes recognizing when shame is occurring from societal expectations/structural causes. So recognizing when I'm feeling body image shame because of societal expectations is a good way to counter that ( Read more... )

Obviously the stupid video embed code is not working, so I'm just gonna link it here

Cheesy but exactly what you need to hear. Thanks to Yi for sharing that and for the long Skype call.

(Article found here)1. Your job. Yes, even if you’re working something that other people condescendingly term “not a real job,” such as retail or service. If you have a job of any kind in this economy, you’ve already won ( Read more... )

( an useful list )

Professor, political scientist, author, Nation columnist, MSNBC host, and rising "nerdland" icon Melissa Harris-Perry addresses the members of the Class of 2012 and an international audience of their families and friends at Wellesley College's 134th Commencement Exercises on Friday, May 25, 2012. Some good words of advice for the women who will ( Read more... )

HBR blog article here on why prestige matters less and accomplishments more by Daniel Gulati. Excerpt from article:

Ironically, proudly flaunting your affiliations - company, university, or club - will only make you more of a commodity: another banker, another Ivy League graduate, another know-it-all scientist. Instead of just resume-gardening, ( Read more... )

I just finished reading Little Bee. ( Spoilers and thoughts on morality, life's tests, and life's unfairness )

A NY Times article explores why so many people in their 20s are taking so long to grow upThe idea of emerging adulthood as a new life stage is really fascinating and for me at least, it really explains my current state of mind and obsession on change, growth, and transformation. This decade at least is all about possibilities, in both positive and ( Read more... )

( life advice from a professor )