The science of positive psychology now clearly offers evidence - based approaches for living full and
meaningful lives in which our health and our communities can flourish.
They call for a focus on «holistic outcomes in humans who live
meaningful lives in relationship with family and community.»
He observed «education is key and an indispensable tool for accelerated socio - economic development of any nation and therefore appealed to parents to give children who are the future leaders of the nation, the type of education that will equip them with knowledge and skills to
meaningful lives in this complex world.
Henry Rosemont, Jr. highlights the difference between Abrahamic traditions (Judaism, Christianity, and to some extent Islam) which affirm an intelligible universe capable of being fully understood by human rational and moral faculties, while the less ambitious sages of Asia provide only directions, guiding us to lead more
meaningful lives in this world, where full understanding will always be elusive and ambiguous.
When they haven't found
a meaningful life in reality — then the illusion of a heaven will suffice.
Institutions ground the multitude of opportunities in a city, providing a structure that enables the inhabitant to live
a meaningful life in community.
Give a gifted child the tools they need to live a purposeful,
meaningful life in whatever way they choose.
The author's vision of
meaningful life in school is student choice + student voice = learning.
Friday, Feb. 7, 7 - 9 pm, Bugbee Senior Ctr., 262 N. Main St., White River Junction, VT 05001 (map) Jim Merkel, author, sustainability pioneer, and former Dartmouth College sustainability coordinator will give a free talk about how to build
a meaningful life in «the age of Collapse.»
We can explore the intricacies of your life story, your stresses, and the distinctiveness of who you are to discover a coherent picture of how you can live
a meaningful life in keeping with values that matter.»
«While we all share common patterns of fears, hopes, uncertainties, desires; we're all unique people trying to build a good and
meaningful life in a complicated and often too busy, or at times an «empty» world.
Ms Douglas noted that «it has been important for our service to have a strong emphasis on recovery, to focus on helping people to be able to create and live
a meaningful life in their community.
Not exact matches
And although our eyes can perceive thousands of colors, the way we communicate about color — and the way we use color
in our everyday
lives — means we have to carve this huge variety up into identifiable,
meaningful categories.
A culture is a
living thing, powered by and kept up to date by the people who are encouraged to be,
in a
meaningful way, part of it.
«We started with the idea of connecting people around content, and it became something much more
meaningful — getting people to connect
in real
life,» Boukadakis says.
She had chosen the
life of a crafter because she wanted to be close to her 5 - year - old son, but she felt as if she hadn't spent any
meaningful time with him
in months.
But now they have to build engagement, a valuable relationship and long - term connection with the user, and to provide them with something that's going to impact their
lives in a
meaningful way.
It also focuses on what is most
meaningful in life, including how meditation affects compassion, empathy, and emotional self - control — necessary competencies that can disappear when a healthy achievement drive turns into overheated ambition.
It's about your determination to provide your customers with the products and services that will make a
meaningful difference
in their business and personal
lives — regardless of the economy.
If we want to break past lackluster economic growth rates and make
meaningful change
in lives and livelihoods, we need to move beyond incremental innovation (think slightly - better iPhones) toward revolutionary innovation (think new energy systems, next - generation electronics, and cures for Cancer and Alzheimer's).
They saw business
in the context of leading a
meaningful life and doing something worthwhile.
There is a real opportunity to connect more of us with groups that will be
meaningful social infrastructure
in our
lives.
It's not about filling their heads with ancient philosophies and rote facts; it's about filling their hearts with a passion for learning and the desire to make a difference - to make their efforts and their
lives meaningful -; both
in the near term and
in the long run.
Simply the fact that people, who were given
life sentences whether they were juveniles
in Pennsylvania or or they were third strikers
in California that their track record after their release shows really low rates of recidivism is
meaningful.
But top - down policies won't bring about
meaningful change, warns Yost, founder and president of the Work +
Life Fit Inc. consulting firm based
in Madison, N.J. Instead, she recommends that companies adopt a «partnership» approach, encouraging employees to suggest arrangements that fit their own needs while still ensuring that work gets done — and gets done well.
Founders often justify burning the midnight oil, as this is their time to create something
meaningful and sleep is something that can come later
in life — after these valuable years of innovation are behind them.
Nextdoor launched a partnership with Oakland last year, calling the relationship «especially
meaningful» because so many staff
lived in the Bay Area city.
When data tracking systems are designed with consumers
in mind, they create a powerful feedback loop that can actually make a
meaningful difference
in people's
lives.
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In my own work, I've tried to anticipate what's coming over the horizon, to hasten its arrival and to apply it to people's lives in a meaningful wa
In my own work, I've tried to anticipate what's coming over the horizon, to hasten its arrival and to apply it to people's
lives in a meaningful wa
in a
meaningful way.
When you are 80 years old, and
in a quiet moment of reflection narrating for only yourself the most personal version of your
life story, the telling that will be most compact and
meaningful will be the series of choices you have made.
You might believe that innovative companies should be a force for good
in the world, and you see no contradiction between making a profit and effecting
meaningful, positive change
in people's
lives.
«With this acquisition, Nokia is strengthening its position
in the Internet of Things
in a way that leverages the power of our trusted brand, fits with our company purpose of expanding the human possibilities of the connected world, and puts us at the heart of a very large addressable market where we can make a
meaningful difference
in peoples»
lives.»
This ratio means the market expects no
meaningful growth
in JBSS» NOPAT over the remaining
life of the firm.
As you set out on your quest to find a
life coach, look for someone who possesses excellent listening skills, but they must also be able to formulate
meaningful follow - up questions to ensure that you think about your process
in the right ways.
We must also work together to create a culture
in our country that embraces the dignity of
life that creates deep and
meaningful human connections and that turns classmates and colleagues into friends and neighbors.
[16:00] Pain + reflection = progress [16:30] Creating a meritocracy to draw the best out of everybody [18:30] How to raise your probability of being right [18:50] Why we are conditioned to need to be right [19:30] The neuroscience factor [19:50] The habitual and environmental factor [20:20] How to get to the other side [21:20] Great collective decision - making [21:50] The 5 things you need to be successful [21:55] Create audacious goals [22:15] Why you need problems [22:25] Diagnose the problems to determine the root causes [22:50] Determine the design for what you will do about the root causes [23:00] Decide to work with people who are strong where you are weak [23:15] Push through to results [23:20] The loop of success [24:15] Ray's new instinctual approach to failure [24:40] Tony's ritual after every event [25:30] The review that changed Ray's outlook on leadership [27:30] Creating new policies based on fairness and truth [28:00] What people are missing about Ray's culture [29:30] Creating
meaningful work and
meaningful relationships [30:15] The importance of radical honesty [30:50] Thoughtful disagreement [32:10] Why it was the relationships that changed Ray's
life [33:10] Ray's biggest weakness and how he overcame it [34:30] The jungle metaphor [36:00] The dot collector — deciding what to listen to [40:15] The wanting of meritocratic decision - making [41:40] How to see bubbles and busts [42:40] Productivity [43:00] Where we are
in the cycle [43:40] What the Fed will do [44:05] We are late
in the long - term debt cycle [44:30] Long - term debt is going to be squeezing us [45:00] We have 2 economies [45:30] This year is very similar to 1937 [46:10] The top tenth of the top 1 % of wealth = bottom 90 % combined [46:25] How this creates populism [47:00] The economy for the bottom 60 % isn't growing [48:20] If you look at averages, the country is
in a bind [49:10] What are the overarching principles that bind us together?
Buffett, 81, said his «condition is not remotely
life - threatening or even debilitating
in any
meaningful way,» and that additional tests didn't reveal incidence of cancer anywhere else
in his body.
Buffett, 81, said his «condition is not remotely
life - threatening or even debilitating
in any
meaningful way.»
If you create
meaningful relationships
in your professional
life with customers, partners, and industry influencers and
in your personal
life with family and friends, you can position yourself to stay top of mind with all of them.
First, it requires that people estimate how long they will
live, which is nearly impossible to do
in any
meaningful way.
We now
live in an ecosystem where one viral moment isn't enough to garner
meaningful awareness for your brand or media company.
So any
meaningful increase
in mortgage rates could make
life difficult for highly leveraged home owners.
«An approach to
life in which people do something every day that is
meaningful and satisfying tends to make people happy.»
Moreover, nothing
in their environment suggests that the world is ill constructed or that
life is made
meaningful only by revolt.
«Participants from across the company will have the opportunity to create experiences unique to Twitter that will extend their brands
in meaningful ways,» says Justin Connolly, an executive VP for Disney and ESPN Media Networks, «This includes compelling
live content across our entire portfolio that can reach and appeal to all types of audiences at scale on their platform.»
If you treat your investing
life as a rat race to $ 100,000 at as early of an age as you can, and if you diversify that money across the biggest, baddest blue - chip stocks spanning the globe, you have turned your household's balance sheet into a financial fortress that will be pumping out
meaningful amounts of money every month regardless of what you are doing with the rest of your
life, and it should definitely put a nice little pep
in your step as you work your way through the rest of your
life's journey.
So, here are those five
meaningful thoughts that Guy writes about
in his book, which I believe serve a great learning for most people aspiring to find a greater meaning
in life and become better as value investors.
However, if you are a single doctor making $ 300,000 per year, did not have to address a
meaningful debt burden, and only have $ 100,000
in investments at the age of forty, you have done something very wrong (most likely, you either
lived at your means or traded stocks instead of thinking like an owner that made long - term investments) even if you have that same $ 100,000
in paper wealth because you had the skill set and personal opportunity costs to do so much more with your hand
in life.
What Spencer did
in Vegas was even more
meaningful, and it would impact countless
lives in the years to come.
Focus, instead, on what's
meaningful: are you making steady gains of the sort that will allow you to enjoy
life, to make a difference
in the world, and be rich with friends and family?