When I was five years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “happy.” They told me I didn’t understand the assignment. I told them they didn’t understand life. JohnContinue reading “Chapter 20 – What if”
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Chapter 19 – Jade-isms
My friend Ali is actually the one who gave me the idea for a res-YOU-me. I had been describing how I wanted to create an alternative resume for myself because my siblings always laugh at me for my distinct “Jade-isms.” I got to thinking: What if we all had this type of resume – itContinue reading “Chapter 19 – Jade-isms”
Chapter 18 – A res-YOU-me
I once had a conversation with a friend in which I told her I wished we had “real” resumes. A place where we could talk about our interests, our most important takeaways, our values. She laughed and suggested, “Oh, you mean like a res-YOU-me?” Yes, yes. That’s exactly what I mean: And what if thereContinue reading “Chapter 18 – A res-YOU-me”
Chapter 17 – Your story matters
There is this concept – I mentioned it earlier – called self-authorship. It was coined by Robert Kegan back in the 1990s1 and later expanded upon by Baxter Magolda.2 Essentially, both talk about the development of one’s inner voice. This can also be thought of as the voice of internal reason you develop as aContinue reading “Chapter 17 – Your story matters”
ON HAPPINESS 