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Friday, November 2nd, 2007+ Bagged Lunch Morsel 1; Morsel 2; Morsel 3; Morsel 4; Morsel 5; Morsel 6, Morsel 7; Morsel 8 This is post 7 of 8 in a series based on the curriculum I wrote for last year’s Urban Youth Workers Institute Reload training events: “Bagged Lunch and a Drop of Oil: Multiplying Re$ource$ for Urban [...]
The Power (and Peril) of Praising your Kids
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007Fascinating article at New York magazine about the inverse power of praise. “When we praise children for their intelligence,†Dweck wrote in her study summary, “we tell them that this is the name of the game: Look smart, don’t risk making mistakes.†… “Emphasizing effort gives a child a variable that they can control,†she [...]
Open Source Revolution
Wednesday, August 16th, 2006From The World is Flat, by Thomas Friedman: On the development of Apache, the original “open-source” (where traditional trade secrets — computer codes — are exposed to the public so the public can help improve them) internet infrastructure: “‘I was this near-dropout,’ explained [Brian] Behlendorf [an Open Source pioneer]. … ‘None of us had the [...]
I needed this
Wednesday, August 17th, 2005Yesterday, two thank you cards arrived at my office from our California interns, one for Judah and one for me — at just the right time to offer an encouraging word. This proud papa can’t resist sharing with the blogosphere the one to Judah. (The one to me, I’ll keep private for now. Excerpts may [...]
The last word on a great leader
Sunday, August 14th, 2005“He was not a brilliant strategist or tactician, not a gifted orator, not an intellectual. At several crucial moments he had shown marked indecision. He had made serious mistakes in judgment. But experience had been his greatest teacher from boyhood, and in this his greatest test, he learned steadily from experience. Above all, [George] Washington [...]
They were young and inexperienced, and they changed the world
Monday, August 1st, 2005I’m finally reading 1776, after several false starts the last two months, and am up to page 90 or so. One common theme has emerged time and again in the book, besides the obvious George Washington heroics (he of the “conspicuous courage under fire and a marked ability for leadership.”) Washington’s success as a general, [...]
I’ve known her since she was 5
Friday, June 10th, 2005Lorreal (aka Lori) Torres, recipient of the 2005 Xpress Writing Award and Xcel board member since January, is one of my heroes. (Photo courtesy of Mike Mowery. Check out more pictures of Lori and the rest of the cast of Xpress’ Life in Translation here and here.) At seventeen, Lori is finishing her junior year [...]
Random thought of the day
Friday, June 3rd, 2005“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.” – Helen Keller
Nominate Influencers
Wednesday, May 25th, 2005A national magazine just asked me to nominate 5-7 individuals “from media to the arts to politics to business, etc., who are the most influential Christian twentysomethings (18-34).” Any suggestions from the blogosphere?
This is why
Tuesday, May 17th, 2005“I have heard many times, from students who share the distinction of coming from the ‘projects,’ that their deepest fear is to try to ‘finish college,’ ‘lead a ministry,’ etc. — and fail. As a certified project girl I would like to challenge that. I think the ‘project plight’ lies not in the fear of [...]
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