Psychological Hardiness & Emotional Intelligence
A reflection by graduate student Mick Howland. I was reading an article the other day about a quote from Chinese President Xi Jinping stating that The Emotional Quotient is more important than the...
View ArticleFIFA World Cup 2014; Discover The Beautiful Game
Seven hundred million viewers. Seventeen million American participants. The Super Bowl? American football? Nope. The World Series and baseball, perhaps? No, again. If you suggested The World Cup and...
View ArticleSport is Not War
(Photo: 18 year-old college-bound soccer players leading a cheer with 7 & 8 year-olds) Battle. Big guns. War. Often, we here words like these describe a sporting event and its competitors. Of...
View ArticleA Simple Lesson from Immigration Applied to Corporate Tax Inversions
Regardless of the perspective, one lesson is clear from the immigration issue facing the country—people long to live and work in the United States of America. The U.S. remains attractive to millions...
View ArticleThinking About Thinking
In recent research (Shraiky, Markette & Markette, in press), we explored what working graduate students valued most from their graduate education. Consistently, successful graduates from diverse...
View ArticleMerry Christmas from Gavriel’s Horn
Since 2011, Gavriels-Horn has published many blogs from many authors. However, the “Merry Christmas” post generated the most feedback ever. So here is re-visit of this post. By the way, when did “Happy...
View ArticleStructures, Outcomes, Term Limits
I had a fascinating discussion with a smart friend of mine—a professor of women and gender studies—where we discussed the plight of the U.S. economic and political system. My perspective was that the...
View ArticleMemorial Day: Gratitude, Humility and Celebration
Gratitude is oft the most fleeting of all human emotions, but on this Memorial Day Weekend, the country sets aside a day to remember. Springing from a tradition after the Civil War, Americans have a...
View ArticleHappy 4th of July!
Believe me, dear Sir: there is not in the British empire a man who more cordially loves a union with Great Britain than I do. But, by the God that made me, I will cease to exist before I yield to a...
View ArticleA High School Student-Athlete Explores Truth
The effects of physical warfare create trauma and confusion, however, most people do not even realize the extent of corruption and pain causing an intellectual war that rages around them. Make no...
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