Many of us, who want to change some aspects of our lives, are full of good intentions at the outset only to find that our newly minted plans for transformation slowly but surely erode over time and we end up falling back into the old patterns. So how is it that some people manage to …
Did you know that the US has one of the highest dropout rates for two and four year college courses in the world? Why is it that students, similarly situated in terms of financial resources and academic ability, dropout at very different rates? Well, it turns out that how “gritty” an individual is is a …
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I know I’ve been feeling deeply unsettled with all of the news on Covid-19 (the “Corona Virus”). I was on a trip to Ireland from 21st of February and witnessed events unfold there from one case to multiple cases, outbreaks among hospital staff, and school closures, and I was lucky to be returning to the …
