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Arthur C. Brooks • From Strength to Strength
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Arthur C. Brooks • From Strength to Strength
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Arthur C. Brooks • From Strength to Strength
the quality of our lives and the health of our society depends, to a large degree, on how well we treat each other in the minute interactions of daily life.
David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
The insatiable goals to acquire more, succeed conspicuously, and be as attractive as possible lead us to objectify one another, and even ourselves. When people see themselves as little more than their attractive bodies, jobs, or bank accounts, it brings great suffering…You become a heartless taskmaster to yourself, seeing yourself as nothing more
... See moreArthur C. Brooks • The Satisfaction Trap
The size of the effect is astounding. Cross-class friendships are a better predictor of upward mobility than school quality, job availability, community cohesion or family structure. If these results are true, then we have largely ignored a powerful way to help people realise the American dream.
David Brooks • Why rich friends are so important to success
retrograde,
Arthur C. Brooks • From Strength to Strength
YOUR PATH TO PROSPERITY
Rabbi Daniel Lapin • Thou Shall Prosper: Ten Commandments for Making Money
The Germans (of course) have a word for it: herzensbildung, training one’s heart to see the full humanity in another.