Almost all of you will have to do a group project this semester. Almost all of you will look around and realize that in every group, there will be a shirker, a kid who talks too much and another kid who barely shows up (but … More →

“Nothing great was ever accomplished without enthusiasm,” according to Ralph Waldo Emerson. Professors I know often remark that energetic responses make every class more stimulating. And as a former boss of scores of young people, I can tell you that Emerson is spot on. There’s … More →

Listening to Malcolm Gladwell talk about Wilt Chamberlain, I was reminded of Wilt’s famous statement regarding his notoriously poor free throw shooting.  Wilt said he knew he’d been wrong not to continue shooting underhanded, which he’d done, successfully, for one season.  He stopped because he … More →