Why Good Intentions Are Not Enough to Help the Poor – Jay Richards
Good intentions don’t always lead to good outcomes. Just because our hearts are in the right place doesn’t mean we are actually helping people. Here is a clip from our 2014 Spring Speaker Series of Jonathan Morrow interviewing Dr. Jay Richards on the campus of Impact 360 Institute while he was lecturing to our Gap…
Encourage Healthy Independence and Stop Hovering
Let me start with clarifying the term. What is independence? One definition comes from Multi-Health Systems, a company that specializes in emotional intelligence research and practice. MHS says that independence is the ability to be self-directed and free from unhealthy emotional dependency on others. Someone with healthy independence will be able to make decisions and…
Transformational Coaching: Part 1
If I’ve learned anything in the 15 years I’ve been leading, teaching, and coaching college students, it’s that millennials want to learn. Although the classroom lecture has its place, I’ve found that most millennials want to test their learning through dialogue, even if some of them are initially skittish about initiating conversation. More than all…