The Resolute Woman

Category: book

  • The search for wisdom

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    We heard an interview with Dr. Karl Pillemer, professor of human development at Cornell University and the author of a book called Thirty Lessons for Living—Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans. Pillemer asked people who have lived 70 or more years to share their wisdom and came up with 30 lessons. The book…

  • Words of wisdom from Martin Luther King Jr.

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    I was searching for a present for my friend Bradley, who just had his 9th birthday, when I found a winner. The book Martin’s Big Words—The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by Doreen Rappaport is a Caldecott Honor Book, a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children’s Book, a Coretta Scott King…

  • Cleopatra wasn’t Elizabeth Taylor

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    I recently finished reading the book Cleopatra—A Life by Stacy Schiff. I learned that Cleopatra probably spoke nine languages, including Hebrew and Troglodyte, an Ethiopian tongue that Herodotus said was “unlike that of any other people; it sounds like the screeching of bats.” I learned that she was well educated and that she benefited from…

  • Alternatives to “I can’t”

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    I was reminded of Daniel Pink and his book A Whole New Mind—Why Right Brainers Will Rule the Future when I saw a sign posted in the art room at Hamilton Park Elementary School in Dallas. Pink advises us to substitute “and” for “but.” For example, instead of telling yourself, “I would like to learn…

  • What are your personal metaphors?

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    Daniel Pink emphasizes the importance of metaphors. In his book A Whole New Mind—Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future, Pink says that metaphors can help you understand the world and also can help you find meaning in your life. Ask yourself, Pink suggests: What are the metaphors you live by? Do you think of your…

  • But or and?

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    In his book A Whole New Mind—Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future, Daniel Pink offers a number of simple exercises. The one we liked best is called “But Out.” If you have changes that you would like to make, but you think you’re blocked by obstacles, make a list of those changes and what’s keeping…

  • A valid nugget or two

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    I just finished reading Daniel Pink’s book A Whole New Mind—Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future. I liked it. I really liked Pink’s assessment of “peddlers of the savior theory” in the beginning of the book. Pink lists peddlers of “right-brain cooking and right-brain dieting, right-brain investing and right-brain accounting, right-brain jogging and right-brain horseback…

  • Some advice from Wangari Maathia

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    You may not recognize the name Wangari Maathai. I do because I heard her speak at a Dallas Women’s Foundation luncheon in October 2006. Maathai, who died recently of cancer, was an incredible woman. She won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for her environmental work . She started the Green Belt Movement, which has planted…

  • Startling, unexpected, unknown?

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    Stewart O’Nan begins his book Emily Alone with a quote from Virginia Woolf. “Could it be, even for elderly people, that this was life—startling, unexpected, unknown?” Yes, of course, it could be. That’s O’Nan’s answer in this story of Emily, past 80, a widow whose grown children have long moved away. O’Nan’s thoughtful portrayal of…

  • Who are we?

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    Who are you? If you’re like us, you have a pretty good idea of who you are. Sometimes, however, you’re not exactly sure if you are the same person you were last year or if you want to make a few minor adjustments in the person you have become. We recently heard an interview with…