I want my children to know that we often become resilient for others.

A resilient culture has a certain amount of resistance embedded in it. Not so much to capsize it, but enough so that it doesn't atrophy.

People often believe that character causes action, but when it comes to producing moral children, we need to remember that action also shapes character.

In the workplace, many people become helicopter managers, hovering over their employees in a well-intentioned but ill-fated attempt to provide support. These are givers gone awry - people so desperate to help others that they develop a white knight complex and end up causing harm instead.

If you want to find out if someone's a taker, it's not actually that useful to know what they've accomplished. What you want to want to know is how they explain them.

If you want your children to bring original ideas into the world, you need to let them pursue their passions, not yours.