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What Happens When You Ask Millennials to Jump

I suppose it’s time for me to weigh in on the “here come the Millennials” craze. First, it’s important to let you know that I don’t particularly subscribe to generational theory. I tend to think it’s just another faddish mechanism to sell books and try to force complex human beings into neat little boxes for … Read more

To Hell with Your Brain, Your Soul is Calling

Listen to Your Soul

The soul is undefeated in the battle of brain versus heart. As I got back into my old Jeep after the fateful encounter with the cab driver who’d convinced me to quit my first job out of college to find my purpose, I battled the traffic on the George Washington Parkway heading back to my … Read more

How College Kills Purpose, and How to Get It Back

College

Indecisive liberal arts majors may be our future’s best hope. (Okay, I was one of those so maybe I am a bit biased.) But I can still hear the job-obsessed parents of eager, prospective college students choking on their morning coffee and feel the Engineering majors snickering. After a decade working in public higher education … Read more