Word: focusing
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...that includes two pots. And his current tally of 97 items doesn't include his toy trains, woodworking tools and a few other things he says he still needs to think through. But his daughters' doll collection remains off limits. Turns out that clearing the clutter makes you focus on what really counts...
It’s hard to define good advising. We often hear that it provides students with sounding boards. My favorite description reads: “Advising creates a metaphorical space that allows and enables people to be receptive to learning about themselves.” Advising programs focus first and foremost on opening up space in which students can explore possibilities. In that advising space, students must feel comfortable imagining themselves as something different and yet still in accord with their true self...
...responding with a bit more “righteous indignation” to the war in Iraq. We denigrate today’s youth as too coddled and self-absorbed to care. Not fearing military service, thanks to an all-volunteer army, today’s students can afford focus their energies on resume building, graduation parties, and summer travel plans. During the four years that the Class of 2008 was at Harvard, our nation’s leaders have persisted in an Iraq policy that brings rising economic, political, and moral costs, yet where is the outrage...
...come up with a theme for the next phase of your life. Giving a name to what you want to do or feel or express will help dislodge you from your current state of stagnancy." Some common themes are creating a nurturing home, striving for career excellence, and focusing on self-expression and enrichment. Walsh agrees. "If you focus on the stuff, you will never ever get organized," says Walsh, author of the bestselling It's All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff. "The starting point has to be, 'What is the vision...
...celebrated 2005 publication of 12 political cartoons cartoons under the rubric "Muhammad's face" in the daily Jyllands-Posten. The images were meant as a bold assertion of free speech, but were seen by many Muslims as blaspheming Muhammad. The cartoons' republication throughout the West barely dimmed the focus of Muslim ire on the small Scandinavian country, magnified by its military presence in Afghanistan and, until last year, in Iraq...