The most successful families embrace and elevate their family history, particularly their failures, setbacks and other missteps.
Bruce FeilerDecades of research have shown that most happy families communicate effectively. But talking doesn't mean simply 'talking through problems,' as important as that is. Talking also means telling a positive story about yourselves.
Bruce FeilerThe key idea of agile is that teams essentially manage themselves. ... It works in software, and it turns out that it works with kids.
Bruce FeilerEverybody has heard that family dinner is great for kids. But unfortunately, it doesn't work in many of our lives.
Bruce FeilerThe higher the joy is not the light, it's the reflection. The greater pleasure is not climbing up; it's handing down
Bruce FeilerLove is a story we tell with another person. It's cocreation through conarration. When you hit bumps in the road and challenges, you write a new chapter in your story together. Love is the constant act of revising and retelling your own story in real time. You don't do it by yourself. You do it with someone else. The only way you do that is to talk to each other and create a shared narrative.
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