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reading list: global past, global futures and personal…whatever

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The Skoll Global Threats Fund just released a new report on the major climate change threats to international security. I’m positive it’s important and useful, and I am pretty sure that reading it will give me nightmares, so I’m saving […]

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self-coaching: daydreams

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High-performing people can actually lose the ability to daydream. You can be so focused on converting every idea into a plan that you forgot how to think about really big ideas – ideas too big to immediately plan for. Daydreaming […]

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Failure

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Some people look as failure as a bad sign. Failing means you’re a loser, that you did things wrong. That you’re stupid or incompetent. Others see failure as a good sign – they believe failing means you tried something major. […]

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Resources for change: new ways to think

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This week’s resources for change are articles that made my head spin and question core assumptions about how the world works. Maybe one of them will spin you, too. JP Rangaswami talked about accounting systems and how they connect to […]

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Don’t ask why

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In my last coaching course, I learned that you should never ask someone “why?” You don’t ask why they did something, you don’t ask why they believe something, you don’t ask why they feel that way. People never know why. […]

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Climate change is a symptom

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We spend a lot of cognitive energy thinking about climate change, but climate change is not our core problem. Climate change is a symptom. It’s an awful symptom that will radically change, possibly destroy life on earth. But we actually […]

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Three don’ts for finding your first job in international development

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1 – Don’t sign a lease if you don’t have a job. Also don’t take out a car loan or run up your credit cards. You’re going to be living on savings and broke until you have a paycheck coming in. […]

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why you can’t have it all

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Because the whole idea is stupid. Of course you can’t have it all. When did having “all” become a concept to aspire to? You don’t get to have an intense, time-consuming career and tons of time with your kids. Well, […]

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Useful Job Hunting Resource

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The excellent GHD Online community has just published a nice summary page of advice and approached for finding a global health job. I’d also suggest subscribing to at least one of their communities if you are interested in global health.

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The Law of Attraction?

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As you may recall, the Law of Attraction is evil victim-blaming crap. But, like the heliocentric model of the universe, the people that came up with the idea weren’t actually evil. They just drew the wrong conclusion based on the […]

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What do we do about Ukraine?

If you’re like most of the people I know, you’re desperately worried and afraid. And you feel helpless. What the hell does any individual person do about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? I’ll start with what not to do. Stay off […]

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On living in fear of COVID

I refuse to live in fear forever is the kind of thing you say when your life has been so comfortable you’ve never had to look at the world straight on In my own community I keep hearing people say, […]

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Things I’ve been thinking lately about COVID

A lot of American systems were one big shock away from disaster and this is that disaster 1. A lot of American systems were one big shock away from disaster and this is that disaster. Healthcare, but also public education, […]

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