Behaviorism is sometimes criticized as encouraging unethical behavior. For example, most organizations offer rewards for increasing revenue and threat of punishment, perhaps firing if you don't "make your number."

I think people's feeling the need to be more dependent on others is caused more by the lack of good-paying jobs and by today's zeitgeist that insists it takes a village. That's disempowering although possibly true for many people.

Being a good writer may result in your being nicer to more people, having a bigger positive impact.

If you have an ability, you want to exercise it, not anesthetize it.

Education isn't a magic pill. There is no magic pill. But the closest we have is practical expertise and relentless drive.

Sometimes, low-level jobs are challenging even to someone with CEO potential.

Some parents let kids "learn on their own skin" and many of those kids end up, as adults, languishing on their parents' sofas.