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35 Life Lessons I’ve Learned in 35 Years

parentotheca — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 13:37:36 +0000

Level 35 unlocked! My mind still thinks I’m in my early twenties, but the mirror reminds me that I’m not. Crow’s feet? Check. Grey hair? Double check. Fun times. Not long ago, I stumbled upon Tim Urban’s blog post called “Your Life in Weeks” on Wait But Why. It hit me like a ton of […]

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The Path to Purpose: How Young People Find Their Calling in Life. William Damon

parentotheca — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 15:12:55 +0000

The Path to Purpose – book summary How Young People Find Their Calling in Life William Damon Free Press; Reprint edition (7 April 2009) Book | eBook About the author: William Damon is one of the world’s leading scholars of human development. He is a professor at Stanford University, director of the Stanford Center on […]

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Raising a Happy and Successful Child – a Short Guide on How to Become an Autotelic Family

parentotheca — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 09:12:28 +0000

Research shows that happy and successful children grow up in families that set clear goals, provide feedback, and facilitate feeling of control, intrinsic motivation, and challenge. Scientists called it the “autotelic family context”. So let’s discuss what it is and how to implement it into your life. We’ve talked already about the autotelic self concept and […]

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Why Discovering Your Passion is Not a Good Advice

parentotheca — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 13:40:59 +0000

Confucius once said, Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. Science totally supports this wisdom. Decades of research showed that people are enormously more satisfied with their jobs and perform better when they do something that fits their interests. So here you go – the […]

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Are You Raising a Creator or a Doer?

parentotheca — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 09:41:44 +0000

The world has been on a rollercoaster ride of change over the past few decades. Globalization, digitalization, artificial intelligence, disruptive economies, and let’s not forget the wild card that is the pandemic. It’s like we’re all strapped into the front seat of a futuristic spaceship, hurtling into the unknown. We have no idea what the […]

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