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Qualities of the B (aka Bench-Warming) Player

By Hilary Levey Friedman — 2013

In researching a book, this sociologist interviewed parents and kids—and their teachers and coaches—to observe the ways in which being the highest achiever could sometimes be perceived as a negative for other children and their coaches.

Read on www.psychologytoday.com

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Redefined - Jean Oelwang

Jean Oelwang, president and CEO of Virgin Unite, spent fifteen years interviewing sixty-five prominent pairs, including Ben and Jerry, Leah and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and Rosalynn and President Jimmy Carter.

Redefined with Zainab Salbi

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The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War

One night in 1967, twenty-six-year-old John Donohue—known as Chick—was out with friends, drinking in a New York City bar. The friends gathered there had lost loved ones in Vietnam. Now they watched as antiwar protesters turned on the troops themselves.

John "Chick" Donohue, J.T. Molloy

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How Modern Work Pressure Distorts Our Identity | Burnout

In the first part of The National’s series Battling Burnout, Canadian author and workplace expert Rahaf Harfoush tells Andrew Chang that pressures in the modern workplace are distorting our identities by often placing success at work at the expense of mental and physical well-being.

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Returning to “Athlete” after Concussion | Jaclyn Stephens | TEDxCSU

Athletes who have sustained concussions are at a heightened risk for new injuries, including new concussions, when they return to play. This increased risk of new injury is likely due to ineffective evaluation and treatment protocols.

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How to Recreate Your Identity

Patrick Bet-David is interviewed by Tom Bilyeu on Impact Theory and in this short clip they discuss the process of discovering identity, what is the identity and how can others begin to shape it.

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The Impact of Identity: The Power of Knowing Who You Are

The world is rapidly changing and our beliefs are being challenged. Many of us are uncomfortable with the political, religious, and social changes taking place. This book offers a new approach to establishing a clear, resilient identity and enjoying a more positive, meaningful life.

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Different Ways of Raising Your Children | Parenting Around the World | Real Families

How you raise your children is completely up to you, and how you discipline them can be different all around the world. Should smacking be illegal or does it depend on the child’s behaviour? What do you think? How involved are your family with raising your children?

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Multicultural Couples Debate on Raising Their Children | 2 Cultures, 1 Couple

Couples with different cultural backgrounds discuss their children and how they choose to raise them, while navigating discipline, education, and social media. Love & Hip Hop’s DJ Drewski and Sky Landish weigh in on how they plan to raise their future children.

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Love, No Matter What | Andrew Solomon

What is it like to raise a child who’s different from you in some fundamental way (like a prodigy, or a differently abled kid, or a criminal)? In this quietly moving talk, writer Andrew Solomon shares what he learned from talking to dozens of parents—asking them: What’s the line between...

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Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity

Solomon’s startling proposition in Far from the Tree is that being exceptional is at the core of the human condition—that difference is what unites us.

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