When I was 4, I got toted along to a dinner with my grandparents. It was with their fancy, high-brow group of friends. Lots of social cred was at stake, so naturally, my grandparents brought their cute, curly-blond-haired grandson along to help them put some points on...
“We stand at the crossroads, each minute, each hour, each day, making choices. We choose the thoughts we allow ourselves to think, the passions we allow ourselves to feel, and the actions we allow ourselves to perform. Each choice is made in the context of whatever...
Paul Kalanithi was a rising surgeon with the world at his fingertips. He held degrees from Stanford, University of Cambridge, and Yale School of Medicine, and did his neurosurgery residence at one of the preeminent programs in the country at Stanford. He had a...
The Beatles’ “Yesterday,” revered by many as the best song of the 20th century, was written by Paul McCartney in 1964. As legend has it, the melody to “Yesterday” came to Paul McCartney in a dream. When he woke up, he scurried to a piano. “I just fell out of bed,...
“Whether you think you can or can’t… you’re probably right.” ~Henry Ford She grew up with no competitive swimming experience and nearly lost her leg to infection from a freak accident. But Kim knew she could swim the 30 mile distance from the San Francisco Bay to the...
Put down your Sunny Delight and brace yourself… big and existential questions lie ahead. Why do you exist? I'm not necessarily talking in a meta-physical, Stephen Hawking-eque sense. Although, according to him, the root of the answer dates back to a little tiny ball...
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