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Want to be more confident? Set some goals!

Louisa Jewell interviews Caroline Adams Miller, author of the book Creating Your Best Life and expert coach on goal setting. Here she shares how setting...
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Which VIA Strengths Are In Gritty People?

Although I’ve made a specialty of coaching and teaching in the world of Positive Psychology and successful goal accomplishment in recent years, 25 years ago...
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Want Grit? Ask Yourself “Why Not?” Instead of “Why?”

  In four weeks I will give my first TEDx talk, which will be about grit, a topic I have been fascinated by ever since...
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Grit Isn’t What You Might Think It Is

How the word of the year has been incorrectly co-opted  Wherever you look, it’s there.  “Grit” is the showcased word in this year’s commencement speeches,...
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Walk More, Give More & Look Into Other People’s Eyes

The Graduation Speech I Would Give If Asked Every year I write a column summarizing my annual thoughts about what I’d say if asked to...
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Why Do Women Value Competence …

When They Really Need Confidence To Take the Right Risks? Katty Kay and Claire Shipman Argue in “The Confidence Code” That Women Need to Take...
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What I Wish I’d Known When I Graduated From Harvard

What Every College Student Should Learn Before Launching In a few hours I will be speaking to students at Tufts University, including a group of...
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Should You Tell Anyone About Your Goals?

How One Man’s Sharing of His Own Dream Made It Come True Every few months I’m asked for my opinion about a TED talk by...
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new year resolutions

Making a Resolution to Give Back? Secrets to Sticking with It

January 2, 2014 If you’d like to give more of your time, money, or talents in the coming year, here’s how to formulate a plan...
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What’s Wrong With Middle-Aged Women – A New “Problem With No Name”?

July 22, 2013 We Need More Role Models, Robust Relationships & Raptures Recently I have read several unrelated news reports and book reviews that underscore...
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Five Life Lessons I’ve Learned In Rowing

April 17, 2013 About seven years ago, my daughter did well on an erg test in middle school, and that’s when everything changed in the...
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