Month: March 2023
Life Lesson #3: Rites of Passage and Growth Mindset
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” – Charles Darwin Rites are solemn or ceremonial activities. They can be publicly prescriptive, as in religious ceremonies, or privately improvised, in personal development activities. Rites of Passage originated as ancient, critical markers of […]
Read MoreLife Lesson #2: Emotional vs Rational Elements in Relationship Conflicts
Observations Several decades ago I began to focus the attentions of my commercial dispute resolution practice on family business conflicts. It soon became apparent that, to a far greater extent than with commercial disputes, I needed to really understand the characters, personalities, and back stories of the humans I was working with before I could […]
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