Articles
"The learning portfolio... is a flexible tool that engages students in a process of continuous reflection and collaboration focused on selective evidence of learning."
"[A] business is only as strong as the people behind it. There’s a direct correlation between individuals who strive for growth in their personal lives and those who thrive in their professional lives. This can be accomplished by committing to the concept of lifelong learning."
"We define ourselves by our actions. With each decision, we tell ourselves and the world who we are. Think about what you want out of this life, and recognize that there are many kinds of success."
"Optimists... regard failure as an experience from which they can learn--a way they can grow as people... As long as you keep your situation in perspective, it's all right to feel whatever you need to in the moment. Just know that, in order for things to get better, you need to learn how to treat your mistakes as chances to learn."
"Strengths [are] traits that can be acquired, while talents are innate...Successful leaders spend most of their time developing their strengths and applying them in the workplace while simultaneously managing their weaknesses."
"What makes [a thinker]—and a leader—is precisely that he is able to think things through for himself. And because he can, he has the confidence, the courage, to argue for his ideas even when they aren’t popular. Even when they don’t please his superiors. Courage: there is physical courage, which you all possess in abundance, and then there is another kind of courage, moral courage, the courage to stand up for what you believe."
"I want us to have a kind of existence where we can pause... and inquire together: [How] is my heart is doing? I am taking the time to reflect on my own existence; I am in touch enough with my own heart and soul to know how I fare, and I know how to express the state of my heart."