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Just as Michelangelo thought there was an angel locked inside every piece of marble, I think there is a brilliant child locked inside every student. —Marva Collins
Adam Grant • Hidden Potential
T. Greer • The Silicon Valley Canon: On the Paıdeía of the American Tech Elite
More than thirty years ago, a little-known Harvard PhD named Dan McAdams designed a process of interviewing people about their lives as a way to understand how they developed and refined their sense of self.
Bruce Feiler • Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age
good people act on behalf of others and that the most satisfying work is devoting oneself to a great cause.
Mary Pipher • A Life in Light: Meditations on Impermanence
Activating a growth mindset of being a good-ish work-in-progress, not a premade good person; Seeing the ordinary privilege we hold and putting it to good use on behalf of others; Opting for willful awareness, though our minds and lives make willful ignorance more likely; and Engaging the people and systems around us.
Dolly Chugh • The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias
“During childhood, it’s about trying to help develop who your kid’s going to be. During adolescence, it’s about responding to who your kid wants to be.
Jennifer Senior • All Joy and No Fun
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Adam Grant • Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Capability of the person to learn