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THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE LEADERSHIP NEWSLETTER – AUGUST 2016
1. FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS
2. THE ART OF GRACIOUS LEADERSHIP
3. THE COST OF HOLDING ON
4. WHAT DANISH PARENTS KNOW ABOUT TEACHING EMPATHY
5. OLD PEOPLE ARE HAPPIER THAN PEOPLE IN THEIR 20’S
6. WHAT YOU’RE MEANT TO DO…
7. THIS MONTH’S LINKS
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QUOTES OF THE MONTH – DAVID BROOKS & BRIAN WIEST
“Sooner or later life teaches you that you’re not the center of the universe, nor quite as talented or good as you thought.” “Almost everybody believes they have the talent to succeed at the thing they really love. Needless to say, not everybody is correct.”=================================================
1. FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS
August Greetings, Dear Friends…
August in the northern hemisphere, especially in Europe, is vacation time, so old FW is vacationing. I hope you enjoy and get as much out of the pieces that follow as I have…
Love, FW
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You’re Not Meant To Do What You Love.
You’re Meant To Do What You’re Good At.
When people learn that I’m a writer, more than half of them will immediately tell me about how they have an idea for a book, or that they need an editor for their autobiography, or that, though it sounds crazy, they are certain they have this one idea that would be a mega bestseller. Like, one of the biggest books in the world. I have not known one of them to have published anything — nor are they working on their (supposedly brilliant) bodies of work. They aren’t asking about how to write 5,000+ words a day. They aren’t strategizing their marketing plans, or researching agencies, or pitching queries to publishing houses. In other cases, writing a few articles a day becomes too much labor, their ideas dry out after a month. They’re frustrated. They’re at odds with themselves. The very thing they love is proving to be a wrong fit. How can this be?
