When I was in sixth grade, a teacher told me, “If you’re interested in everything, you won’t be good at anything.” I think that’s some of the worst advice I’ve ever heard. You may think you’re a complete mess because you don’t have a set path, dream job, or five-year plan (or you lost the … Read more
“Find your purpose” is terrible advice and I’m guilty of imparting it to thousands of people. And for that, I am sorry. I’m sorry on behalf of the countless bloggers who write tidy step-by-step instructions to “find” your purpose. The ones with the pretty stock photos of young, attractive people running through a field to entice that precious click or share. I’m … Read more
In 1972, holocaust survivor and psychiatrist Viktor Frankl delivered a powerful talk to the Toronto Youth Corps in which he offered up the most important gift we can give others: To believe in what they can be. He said it better than I could ever write it: “If we take man as he really is, we make … Read more