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Story: People Want To Be Loved Specially.

For the weekly videos, I now tell a story. I’ve realized that for me, and I think for many people, a story is what holds my attention and makes a point most powerfully. This week’s story: People want...

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Story: Sometimes Flawed Can Be More Perfect Than Perfection.

For the weekly videos, I now tell a story. I’ve realized that for me, and I think for many people, a story is what holds my attention and makes a point most powerfully. This week’s story: Sometimes...

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Story: What Am I Really Complaining About?

For the weekly videos, I now tell a story. I’ve realized that for me, and I think for many people, a story is what holds my attention and makes a point most powerfully. This week’s story: What am I...

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Story: An Englishman Would Not Take Snapshots.

For the weekly videos, I now tell a story. I’ve realized that for me, and I think for many people, a story is what holds my attention and makes a point most powerfully. This week’s story: An Englishman...

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Story: Mary, Martha, and the One Needful Thing.

For the weekly videos, I now tell a story. I’ve realized that for me, and I think for many people, a story is what holds my attention and makes a point most powerfully. This week’s story: The story of...

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Story: The Things That Go Wrong Often Make the Best Memories.

For the weekly videos, I now tell a story. I’ve realized that for me, and I think for many people, a story is what holds my attention and makes a point most powerfully. This week’s story: The things...

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Story: Get a Hold of Yourself, Meredith.

For the weekly videos, I now tell a story. I’ve realized that for me, and I think for many people, a story is what holds my attention and makes a point most powerfully. This week’s story: Get a hold of...

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Story: Sometimes I Work the Hardest When I Seem To Work the Least.

For the weekly videos, I now tell a story. I’ve realized that for me, and I think for many people, a story is what holds my attention and makes a point most powerfully. This week’s story:   This...

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Story: My Sister Wasn’t Sorry To See Me Go, But She Was Glad I Came.

For the weekly videos, I now tell a story. I’ve realized that for me, and I think for many people, a story is what holds my attention and makes a point most powerfully. This week’s story: My sister...

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Story: I Want To Do the Same Thing on the Weekend That I Do During the Week.

For the weekly videos, I now tell a story. I’ve realized that for me, and I think for many people, a story is what holds my attention and makes a point most powerfully. This week’s story: I want to do...

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Story: Would I Have Been Able To Tell Right From Wrong?

For the weekly videos, I now tell a story. I’ve realized that for me, and I think for many people, a story is what holds my attention and makes a point most powerfully. This week’s story: Would I have...

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Story: Be Polite, and Be Fair.

For the weekly videos, I now tell a story. I’ve realized that for me, and I think for many people, a story is what holds my attention and makes a point most powerfully. This week’s story: Be polite,...

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Story: It’s a Sign of Maturity Not To Be Scandalized.

For the weekly videos, I now tell a story. I’ve realized that for me, and I think for many people, a story is what holds my attention and makes a point most powerfully. This week’s story: It’s a sign...

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Story: Tell Me What You Want for Dinner.

This week’s video story: Tell me what you want for dinner. I’m re-posting this story, because it’s been on my mind a lot lately. I’ve been thinking about the fact that often, we can be generous by...

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Story: I Love This Example of Thinking About Luck.

This week’s video story:  I love this example of superstitious thinking.   You can read about the disputed versions of this study on Wikiquote. As I said, I’m not vouching for the accuracy of this...

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Story: Excellence Sometimes Requires Mediocrity.

This week’s video story: Sometimes excellence requires mediocrity.   You can read about this incident, when Nixon repeated a remark that Eisenhower had made to him, “A true executive can sign a poor...

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Story: It Must Be Really Weird to Be an American Icon.

This week’s video story: It must be really weird to be an American icon.   Working for Justice O’Connor, and for the Supreme Court, was one of the highlights of my work life. There are many reasons...

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Story: Don’t Let the Desire to Feel “Legitimate” Drive Your Decisions.

This week’s video story: Don’t let the desire to feel “legitimate” drive your decisions.   Ah, more words of wisdom from my sister, the sage.  She was so right. There I was, clerking for Justice Sandra...

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Story: Be Polite, and Be Fair.

For the weekly videos, I now tell a story. I’ve realized that for me, and I think for many people, a story is what holds my attention and makes a point most powerfully. This week’s story: Be polite,...

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Story: It’s a Sign of Maturity Not To Be Scandalized.

For the weekly videos, I now tell a story. I’ve realized that for me, and I think for many people, a story is what holds my attention and makes a point most powerfully. This week’s story: It’s a sign...

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