Earning Courage
“Courage is not something that you already have that makes you brave when the tough times start. Courage is what you earn when you’ve been through the tough times and you discover they aren’t so tough after all.” ~ Malcolm Gladwell
When It Means Something
“If you challenge the conventional wisdom, you will find ways to do things much better than they are currently done.” ~ Michael Lewis
Making It Click
Students are distracted by life and overwhelmed by increasing uncertainty. They work to navigate within a changing world. Much of what we have known will be forever changed and impacted by the last four months. Education provides the answer if only we can figure out how to make it click.
Oh Schlitz! 3 Lessons on Cutting Corners
A reactionary decision today can have long-lasting and sometimes unintended consequences.
Thriving in Volatility
Higher education is faced with a choice: thrive in an unpredictable world or crumble into chaos allowing external pressures to drive change. Predictability and stability lead to mediocrity. Higher education has an important window of opportunity disguised as a challenge--to look beyond what was and see what is now possible. Relevance can never be taken for granted but needs to be earned every day.
For the Graduates...You Choose
All graduates will continue on a path of their choosing and change the world in their own way. That path may not resemble what they had imagined, but it is no less significant. Regardless of the obstacles that lie ahead, remember, you choose.