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Talent is God-given: be humble. Fame is man-given: be grateful. Conceit is self-given; be careful. –John Wooden At first reading, John Wooden, the great basketball coach, is sharing a truism. Who would disagree with him? The difficulties in working with these ideas are noticing when we are ignoring them or are trapped in them. Are […]

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Glenn Beck is a conservative political commentator, radio host and television producer. He and Bridget discuss the early evolution of his career, his love affair with radio, the transition from CNN to Fox News, attending Yale at age 30, and mistakes he’s made along the way. They delve into the value of struggle and overcoming hardship, the cultural celebration of “victimhood,” how tribalism and the culture wars trick people into thinking that the problem is outside themselves, and the dangers of buying into your own fame. They explore the importance of being able to say “I don’t know,” the loss of compassion that occurs when we stop seeing the humanity of the people we disagree with, Glenn’s surprising conversion to Mormonism, and what he found in the depths of his most recent dark night of the soul.

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Ok so this doesn’t have links but I came away from a magazine-flipping session or two recently when trapped in waiting lobbies with nothing of my own to read, and came away with this weird impression. If I had known it would congeal later than the glancing sessions I might have taken a few notes. […]

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With all the men being taken down by past exploits caused by their sexual drive (rightly so in all too many cases) I started to look for symmetry in this situation. While I believe that men and women are different in many ways I have never thought women were morally superior to men. It is […]

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I prefer the privacy of anonymity over fame any day. Fame seems to be the goal of many ordinary people these days. Actors, authors, politicians, and other such people need fame because it helps their business—it sells movies, sells books, and gets votes. However, the average person seems to have developed a desire for fame […]

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