You have questions for the speaker, but you don’t ask because you’re afraid of what others may think. You’ve written dozens of stories, but don’t share them with anyone. You have a great idea for a work project, but you don’t bring up the…
When I experience something negative or unintended, it is usually helpful to spend some time reflecting on the ways I may have influenced those events. How could I have done things differently? Did I make the right decisions based on what I knew then?…
“Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.” -Fred Rogers…
At The Imperfectionist Book Club, we’re reading Mindfulness in Plain English. Join us here. What we’re watching: Adam Grant’s TED Talk, “Are You a Giver or a Taker,” on the benefits of promoting a culture of successful givers. The talk is based on Adam’s…
“Meditation is not about feeling a certain way. It’s about feeling the way you feel.” -Dan Harris (10% Happier)…
We spent much of 2016 taking in content over pushing out content, so we’re excited about what we have planned for 2017: Daily bytes of wisdom from our favorite philosophers, writers, historical figures, artists, and more which you can get from Tumblr, Instagram, and…
During the last two years of his life, Oliver Sacks, called the “Poet Laureate of Medicine,” wrote a series of essays on life, aging, and mortality for The New York Times. These four essays were posthumously published in his book Gratitude, a quick but incredibly touching collection that remains with…
J.K. Rowling‘s powerful 2008 commencement address at Harvard University is beautifully illustrated by Joel Holland and published in Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination. Reflecting on her own experiences and failures, J.K. Rowling addresses the lessons that she wish she had learned…
