Connections and Mind Sets
That the great inventions and developments in the world are connected is brought home beautifully in James Burke’s PBS Series, Connections. That learning is making connections I came to understand...
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I remember well sitting in a restaurant in Mexico City with my Mexican colleagues and one of them, with a sad face says “The women they change; we men, we no change.” It is a commonplace to say that...
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Great Wave off Kanagawa As I’ve continued to study and learn about the “growth mindset” from Carol Dweck and her book Mindset, Hokusai, the great Japanese artist has often come to mind. Hokusai...
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Laughing at ourselves – in private – is one of life’s great pleasures. I continue to think about Mindset by Carol Dweck. Her duality of a “fixed mindset” and a “growth mindset” is so interesting. As I...
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One day as I was walking home from Church after serving a 6:30 AM Mass I had the thought that I could never be a Priest because I could never get up early on a consistent basis.I was twelve. I didn’t...
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