“In previous generations, identity was largely inherited where these days it is now constructed. Today we are all architects of our own identities, yet we are still learning how to put together career blueprints.”
Source: Leaving Law: How Others Did It and How You Can Too
“Like so many attorneys, I careened from crisis to crisis, dream to dream, idea to idea, plan to plan, notion to notion, and never found the dream that led to the exit from the law firm life.”
Source: And... Just Like That: Essays on a life before, during and after the law
“And do you want to know what else I do a great deal of
the time? I dream. Dreaming always was, and always will be, good, at least for me. There is nothing wrong with adding to the long list of things I will not necessarily be able to do in my life. Dreaming about them makes me feel good. Coming up with new pipe dreams is not such a bad thing at all.”
Source: And... Just Like That: Essays on a life before, during and after the law
“Sense the signals.
You will know when to flip.”
Source: The Storytelling Leader and other stories
“Greta abides by the reasonable philosophy that there is nothing in the universe more boring than someone else's dreams.”
Source: All Our Wrong Todays
“Some losses have no funeral. Some grief has no name. But the love remains, and that is worth speaking.”
“I gave up hypnotic treatment for this very reason, because I did not want to impose my will on others. I wanted the healing processes to grow out of the patient’s own personality, not from suggestions by me that would have only a passing effect. My aim was to protect and preserve my patient’s dignity and freedom, so that he could live his life according to his own wishes. In this exchange with Freud, it dawned on me for the first time that before we construct general theories about man and his psyche we should learn a lot more about the real human being we have to deal with.”
Source: Man and His Symbols: A Popular Presentation of the Essential Ideas of Jungian Psychology with Over 500 Illustrations
“Clean energy might help deal with emissions, but it does nothing to reverse deforestation, overfishing, soil depletion and mass extinction. A growth-obsessed economy powered by clean energy will still tip us into ecological disaster.”
Source: Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
“When we flood our creative problem-solving mind with the endorphins of gratitude, we are open to receiving the spectacular solutions that are needed now to ensure that generations to come will enjoy this beautiful blue ball that we call home.”
Source: The Gratitude Game: 21 Days to a Healthier, Wealthier, More Beautiful You
“Most Americans and Canadians (& earthlings) can save thousands annually with smarter energy choices. That's a lot of bucket list vacations, while providing far better for your own future and living a richer life today.”
Source: The ABCs of Money