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Happiness and the (Un)importance of Decision-Making
I watched a TED Talk last week called “The Surprising Science of Happiness” by Dan Gilbert, a social psychologist and writer. In twenty minutes, he discusses how the prefrontal cortex of the human mind is an amazing experience simulator and works to imagine certain scenarios during the decision making process...
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The Big Event in the Alamo City
On Saturday, March 24th as 20,000+ Aggies were serving the Bryan/College Station community, our class from the Texas A&M University School of Law-San Antonio Center served locally through Blueprint Ministries, a non-profit organization in heart of urban San Antonio.
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You Want Success? Get Gritty
An important idea is making the rounds: Psychologist Angela Duckworth set out to figure out what set the most successful individuals apart from the crowd. The result? Not talent, not luck but something Duckworth defines as “grittiness”. You might have already heard about grit from this Freakonomics episode or this TED talk. So what is this so-called secret to success? Well, according to Duckworth’s research, grit is all about the ability to continually sustain interest and effort in pursuing a goal.An important idea is making the rounds: Psychologist Angela Duckworth set out to figure out what set the most successful individuals apart from the crowd. The result? Not talent, not luck but something Duckworth defines as “grittiness”. You might have already heard about grit from this Freakonomics episode<
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7 Isolation Activities (That Have Nothing To Do With Your Degree!)
I’m positive every last one of you have gotten an email from your professor or boss or person-you-report-to listing all the things you can still do to work towards your degree at home. This is completely excellent, and a very effective way to help people through a very uncertain and ever-changing time.
However, if you’re anything like me, you can blow through a list of targeted objectives like that in no time when you are stuck at home. And not only are you left with nothing to do at the end, you feel completely burnt out and the LAST thing you want to think about is work, school, or your project.
Fear not, I have a handy list of seven things you can do that have nothing to do with your degree that will (hopefully) distract you from social distancing and shelter-in-place orders.