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Put simply, if everyone is busy making sure that they get to “be all they can be,” then who will clean the house, cook the dinners, diaper the babies, and nurse the infirm, not to mention labor in the factories, sweep the streets, drive the taxis, and load the sanitation trucks?
Micki McGee • Self-Help, Inc.: Makeover Culture in American Life
“She had a great gift of finding out people’s interests and drawing them out.”
Natalie Dykstra • Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner
By Steve Leder
This compassionate, compelling New York Times bestseller shares invaluable guidance for writing an ethical will — an end-of-life document that can offer direction, closure, a chance for reflection, and more. With thoughtful prompts and a range of examples, you’ll be inspired to compose a meaningful letter about y... See more
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Third, nurture human nature. At the heart of twentieth-century economics stands the portrait of rational economic man: he has told us that we are self-interested, isolated, calculating, fixed in taste, and dominant over nature – and his portrait has shaped who we have become. But human nature is far richer than this, as early sketches of our new se
... See moreKate Raworth • Doughnut Economics: The must-read book that redefines economics for a world in crisis
Generativity is a psychological principle that emphasizes using your personal growth to positively impact the world around you.
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World
Aristotelian; she believed that money is not the end in itself that so many think it to be. But it was a means, and she had absorbed the belief all around her that one had to apprentice with money in order to make the world a better place.
Anand Giridharadas • Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World
Intellectual achievement — understanding and exploring Aesthetic appreciation — order, structure, and beauty Self-actualization — full realization of one’s potential, the process of becoming who you are