“What does innovation humanity mean to me?” This was the central question of a conference I attended about a month ago. I had the good fortune to attend the inaugural Innovation & Humanity Summit hosted by Chapman University’s Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics. Its purpose was to create a day of dialogue centered …
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The Meaning in Mother’s Day
Humans gravitate towards creating and celebrating rituals in all sizes and forms – from a morning shower routine to the composition of a elaborate Thanksgiving dinner. Rituals are a way for us to recognize our values and connect to what creates meaning in our lives. Many believe that rituals are psychologically necessary to our daily …
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What Good is Business? Positive Psychology & Social Entrepreneurship
The Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship was perhaps the most thrilling conference I’ve ever attended. This global conference brings passionate people together from all corners of the globe, such as Mohammad Yunus, Al Gore, and Robert Redford, for the sole purpose of discussing business’s responsibility regarding positive social change. I’d like to introduce this …
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Retrospective Visualization
Try. Fail. Try. Fail better. As I drove my youngest sister home from her first SAT exam a few weeks ago, this maxim surfaced in our conversation and it got me thinking about the effectiveness of visualization. I’m a firm believer in the power of creating one’s day first thing in the morning through visualization. …
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Measuring the Value of a Dollar
To expand on my first entry’s musings about income and happiness, I’d like to introduce how the simple principles developed by Mohammad Yunus, last year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner, warrant the interest of positive psychology. If you’ve ever met Professor Yunus, you can immediately see how his kind spirit and strong convictions have helped Grameen …