But I know that I can simulate those traits through hard work. We all can.
Corey pointed me to an article on Scientific American’s site about the link between beliefs about the fixedness of intelligence and actual achievement. Here is my favorite excerpt:

In the growth mind-set classes, students read and discussed an article entitled “You […]

Here is another design from this week. I did the pencil and ink work, and Kris Estep did the rest.

This design was initially a rejected concept for OCS. We liked it so much we thought it would make a great shirt for us with a few modifications. Kyle Tobin did the colors and Kris Estep came up with the saying “THE BATTLE LINES ARE DRAWN.” Just another cool day at work.

The influence of previous generations has become so pervasive that we take for granted that many of the doors we walk through, were opened by them. It is difficult to imagine, for instance, that our collective version of traditional American values would be the same without Walt Disney. There are no antiheroes in […]

Here are some of the latest designs from Officer Candidates School.

Cam started a discussion about authenticity, transparency, honesty and doing the right thing. He quoted Seth Godin’s book “All Marketers are Liars,” which is probably my favorite marketing book. Being familiar with the book, I jumped into the conversation. The book is not about lying, by the way, it’s about authentic […]

My wife sent me a link to an article on Yahoo about the “One Laptop per Child” project. You can read the article here:
Donate One Laptop per Child, Get One
In a nutshell if you buy a laptop for $400, a laptop will be sent to you and a laptop will be sent to a […]

The Marine Corps turned 232 years old today. I think there is a lot to be learned from an organization that has been around this long — especially one that holds the reputation as the finest fighting force (or finest anything) in the world.
Here is a link to a page I made about the […]

Eighteen years ago today the Berlin Wall became irrelevant. I was in Berlin when it happened. About one million people from east block nations, starving for freedom, flooded into West Berlin in a matter of hours. The whole city was “standing room only” as people exercised the kind of freedom that […]