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The “Average of Five” Rule. Does It Work?
29 Aug 2010Yesterday, during the Binghamton University Convocation, I had the privilege of watching Arel Moodie, author and motivational speaker, give a speech to a few thousand incoming freshman on what it takes to be a successful student. One of the concepts he discussed was “the average of 5”, a rule that states that you become the [...]
“Cultural legacies are powerful forces. They have deep roots and long lives. They persist, generation after generation, virtually intact, even as the economic and social and demographic conditions that spawned them have vanished, and they play such a role in directing attitudes and behavior that we cannot make sense of our world without them.” —Malcolm [...]
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Should Your Focus on Your Strengths or Weaknesses?
You Create Your Own Reality: Here's How
The Top 5 Lessons I Wish I Knew as a Freshman in College
Shaping Your Life After Graduation: A Guide for College Students
On Optimizing Your Results From Personal Growth and Development Resources
On Maintaining Peak Performance During Times of High Stress
Why You Need to Fail to Succeed
- How to Gamify Your Life: An Experiment – Part 4
- How to Gamify Your Life: An Experiment – Part 3
- How to Gamify Your Life: An Experiment – Part 2
- How to Gamify Your Life: An Experiment – Part 1
- Using Expectations to Find Happiness: The Eight-Year Rule
- Networking Made Easy? How to Be the Student Everyone Wants to Hire
- Does Hypnosis Work? A Resounding Yes is in Order
- Goals, Sacrifices, and Expectations: How They Can Make You Happy (or Miserable)
- If Only…
- Why You Should Embrace Your Insecurities
