Ever wonder how the people around you got their jobs? Ever look back and think about where you thought you’d end up? (Audio interviews below)
Heroes’ stories are everywhere — in the news, the memories of your taxi driver, the pages of your favorite book. Everyone has a calling in life. People find fulfillment by pursing them [...]

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Author Q&A: Jonathan Haidt talks about elephants, business, and, of course, happiness.
Jonathan Haidt has a knack for taking complicated and esoteric material — religious history, science, philosophy, and the like — and making it interesting. To top things off, he can write about a saccharine subject for 300 pages without making it sound like a [...]

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Changing the world is no easy task — entrepreneurs know that more than anyone. But what if it was a little more fun?
There are lots of things we know we ought to do — recycle, take the stairs instead of the elevator, not litter — but they’re kind of a pain so we don’t always [...]

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Or in this case, time itself.
Time is of the essence. We have heard this saying for years, but it hasn’t been more true than it is now. In today’s society, time seems to move much more quickly and too many people note that there aren’t enough hours in the day. In this awesome animated video, [...]

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Have you taken an honest look at yourself in the mirror lately and evaluated your progress towards your calling? Do you even have criteria for self-evaluation? What does success mean to you?
Jeff Brenzel, the Dean of Undergraduate Admissions at Yale, wrote an imaginary commencement address (Bill Clinton gave the real one) for the Huffington Post, where [...]

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By now, you’ve probably seen four-year-old Jessica stand on her bathroom sink and take life by the horns in the “Jessica’s Daily Affirmation” video. Her enthusiasm – “I can do anything good” – is contagious.
Her joie de vivre brings up some good questions:

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Historically, business leaders have been criticized for being greedy and deceitful.  For example, look at the coverage of the current financial crisis. Not all business leaders are like this, however.  Students at Harvard Business School have recently tried to eliminate this perception by creating an MBA oath modeled after the Hippocratic Oath doctors take.
The oath [...]

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Also known as the “Lead with What You Love” speech.
On February 20, 2010, Master Teacher Steven Tomlinson spoke at TEDxAustin’s morning session, “Why Play Big.” This is the transcript of his speech.
I was a 28-year-old assistant professor of Economics at The University of Texas and I was trying to figure out how to play big. [...]

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Watch this video of Aimee Mullins from the Ted Med Conference and see for yourself.  (It might be long, but it’s worth watching.)

Many successful entrepreneurs have shifted their thinking from seeing problems as hurdles they must clear to seeing them as opportunities.  Ask yourself:

Are you utilizing your “X Factor”: the potential of the human will?
How [...]

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Is it possible to become happier? The answer is yes, it is.
Recently, Livescience.com reported five simple things you can do to be happier. The website said that although happiness is partly genetic, we still have the ability to change our lives in ways to become happier.
Research has shown that the following five activities can improve [...]

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