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Articles by Megan Hustad
Why “Exit to Community”?
How would you explain “exit to community” to someone not well versed in startup-speak or how VCs work? Great question. For most people, “exit” means leaving a room when there’s a fire or something. But for people with any familiarity with startups, exit is a really, really big deal. It’s what startups are for.
Surprising Benefits for Those Who Had Tough Childhoods
By Megan Hustad, published March 7, 2017 - last reviewed on November 13, 2017 Illustration by Gérard Dubois Sarah* grew up as an only child in a middle-class Los Angeles home that wasn't nearly as sunny as it appeared from the outside. On the rare evenings when her father was home for dinner, she wished he had stayed at the office. She was used to the tension her mother alone brought to the dinner table. But having two problem drinkers to contend with was more than a 10-year-old could handle.
Are You Collecting Wounds?
Self-HelpMost of us wish we could improve certain things about ourselves. Lasting change is difficult: Many of our habits are deeply ingrained, and certain core personality attributes may be immutable. But even the oldest of habits and character traits can be altered to varying degrees, as it's never too late to change; with effort and determination, it is possible to be the person you want to be.
Social media self-promotion: Resisting the temptation
Whether it’s polite dinner party conversation, a networking event, or sharing an item on Facebook or Twitter, communication is an art. As with any medium, you have your masters and your dilettantes. Considering how relatively new the use of social media as a communications platform is, perhaps it shouldn't surprise us that even the pros' efforts are looking fairly amateurish.
The Resilient Child
The speedy physical and psychological changes that children undergo from birth through adolescence often leave parents wondering how best to care for them at each stage. PT's experts weigh in on such topics as birth order, gender and the effects of parental behavior on child development.
Heal Your Wounds
Self-HelpMost of us wish we could improve certain things about ourselves. Lasting change is difficult: Many of our habits are deeply ingrained, and certain core personality attributes may be immutable. But even the oldest of habits and character traits can be altered to varying degrees, as it's never too late to change; with effort and determination, it is possible to be the person you want to be.
Psychology Today
Sarah* grew up as an only child in a middle-class Los Angeles home that wasn't nearly as sunny as it appeared from the outside. On the rare evenings when her father was home for dinner, she wished he had stayed at the office. She was used to the tension her mother alone brought to the dinner table. But having two problem drinkers to contend with was more than a 10-year-old could handle. An evening might proceed smoothly—or someone might have a bottle broken on his head.
A Novel’s Sheltered Girl Seeks Her Identity Among Messed-Up Adults
Linda, The protagonist of Emily Fridlund’s debut novel, hails from Minnesota’s north woods and says little. If you have spent any amount of time in this part of the country, this reticence should be familiar. It is as if a code of silence blankets the land, much like subfreezing temperatures do for many months of the year.
The Culture of Childhood: We’ve Almost Destroyed It
Source: publicdomainpictures.net Courtesy of Dawn Hudson I don’t want to trivialize the roles of adults in children’s lives, but, truth be told, we adults greatly exaggerate our roles in our theories and beliefs about how children develop. We have this adult-centric view that we raise, socialize, and educate children. Certainly we are important in children’s lives. Children need us. We feed, clothe, shelter, and comfort them. We provide examples (not always so good) of what it’s like to be an adult.
The Kids Are All Right
The speedy physical and psychological changes that children undergo from birth through adolescence often leave parents wondering how best to care for them at each stage. PT's experts weigh in on topics such how to talk so kids will listen, and when to back off and allow them to fail.
How to manage envy, jealousy, and competition in work, and life
I recently attended a conference where I saw a woman I know slightly but haven’t spoken to in years. She was sitting at a table signing advance copies of her new book as a long line snaked around the edge of the booth to the depths of the convention center. This woman had come to mind apropos of nothing the week before. “Where was that novel she was working on?” I wondered. Was the publication cancelled? Was she not able to finish it?
Useful feedback: 3 essential rules
For writers, no days drag on longer than days without feedback from your editor. You’ve sent him a 1,200-word document that reflect some facet of your very self, and your editor will be returning it to you with comments and criticisms. He may suggest a different tone. He may suggest you amputate paragraphs that “aren’t doing anything.” Some editors rewrite your sentences for you. Very rarely will an editor remark that what you’ve done is just fine as is.
Comentario: La iglesia de TED
Pero si usted no da el ancho y no quiere desembolsar los 8.500 dólares que cuesta la cuota de asistente general, no importa. La verdadera acción, y la medida del alcance de TED, están en línea. En noviembre de 2012, TED anunció que sus videos habían sido vistos mil millones de veces lo que, suponiendo una duración promedio de 15 minutos cada uno, significa que para esas fechas y colectivamente habíamos visto videos de TED equivalentes a 10 millones de días.
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