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We deploy knowledge and ideas that carry indubitable prestige to stand guard against the emergence of more humble but essential knowledge from our emotional past. We bury our personal stories beneath an avalanche of expertise. The possibility of a deeply consequential intimate enquiry is deliberately left to seem feeble and superfluous next to the

Alain De Botton • The School of Life: An Emotional Education

Alex Auerbach

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Now, two decades into my career, I practise, lecture, supervise and write about all of these things, but increasingly I reject everything that I learned. Instead, I practise the art of ‘being for another’, an idea that arose in conversation with my colleague Sophie de Vieuxpont. I’m a mentor, a friend in an asymmetrical friendship, and a sounding b... See more

Niklas Serning • I am a better therapist since I let go of therapeutic theory | Aeon Essays

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Sharon Daloz Parks • Leadership Can Be Taught: A Bold Approach for a Complex World

Dr. Stuart Brown. Dr. Brown is a psychiatrist, clinical researcher, and founder of the National Institute for Play. He is also the author of a wonderful book titled, Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul.1 Drawing on his own research, as well as the latest advances in biology, psychology, and neurology, Brow

Brene Brown • The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Suppose to Be and Embrace Who You Are: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

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In 1995, relatively free from the shackles of the computer screen that now demands so much of doctors’ attention, the main obstacle Weinberg faces in engaging the troubled young woman is his own willingness to do so. His leisurely conversations with her seem as quaint to us now as black bags and glass hypodermics.

Suzanne Koven • Letter to a Young Female Physician: Notes from a Medical Life

It turns out, people matter. You can study all the theory in the world and not be prepared for the hair standing up on the back of your neck because you just don’t trust someone.

Patrick Vernon • Venture Capital Strategy: How to Think Like a Venture Capitalist

The only reason we can imagine you would want to do this kind of work is to serve purposes that matter to you deeply. Identifying your higher (orienting) purpose—figuring out what is so important to you that you would be willing to put yourself in peril—is a key element in the process of understanding yourself as a system.