My Thoughts and Articles
I Just Like It
I was driving my daughter to school the other day, and she asked if I would roll her window down. She asks for this quite a bit, and usually I say no. Generally, my reason is something like it’s too noisy, or too hot, or that it’s raining. Not great ...
What to Do When a Decision Isn’t Clear: 5 Helpful Tips
Awhile back, my wife and I were having a tough time related to a decision we needed to make. It was a big decision that would impact our family, and we didn’t know what to do. We both started to get anxious about the decision, and it was negatively affecting ...
Grant Opportunity on Intellectual Humility
This is more of an announcement than a traditional blog post, but I wanted to let you know about a grant opportunity my colleagues and I are organizing on intellectual humility. Here are the details: Thanks to a generous grant from the John Templeton Foundation and support from the Center ...
Put Kids in a Position to Succeed
I was hanging out with some friends not too long ago, and their kiddo was having a tough time. Her behavior was deteriorating, she was having a temper tantrum, and she couldn’t be redirected. Her parents were getting frustrated with their child, and they were starting to lose their cool ...
Claim the Superpower of Curiosity
If you have spent much time hanging out with a 3-year-old, you know that one word comes out of their mouth more often than any other word: WHY? I remember spending a week camping with my wife’s family, and I got to spend a lot of time with my niece, ...
What is Love?
Love is perhaps the most important thing we desire, but we also tend to get confused about it. One of the things that is confusing about love is we don’t always have a good definition of it. We see two celebrities getting married after a few weeks of dating. Is ...
