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On Achievement vs. Mastery: How An Overemphasis on Achievement Can Undermine True LearningThe lines between achievement and mastery have become increasingly blurred, particularly in the realm of education. Students are often…Sep 11, 2024Sep 11, 2024
On choosing your tribeIf you or someone you love has been in close proximity to a high-schooler recently, or their parent, you may have come across their agony…Sep 4, 20241Sep 4, 20241
On the courage to be ordinaryI am meant to be special, exceptional, wildly successful, extraordinary. I know that because my father told me. Even my mother concurred…Aug 28, 20241Aug 28, 20241
On losing a petA few weeks ago I lost my dog Lili, although to call her my dog would be inexact. I was simply one of Lili’s multiple guardians. My only…Aug 21, 2024Aug 21, 2024
The alternative graduation speechThere is rarely anything quite as touching or as inspiring as a good speech at graduation. And yet, it seems that more and more guest…Jun 27, 2024Jun 27, 2024
We all come in shades of grey, but life comes in technicolor!“Learn from the mistakes of others…You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.” Truer words vindicating parenthood have never…Dec 1, 2022Dec 1, 2022
Parity in the C-Suite: It is not a gender issueDespite much talk and fanfare about increasing the number of women in the workplace on the one hand and the C-suite in the other, the…Jan 12, 2021Jan 12, 2021