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Why Resilience and Mental Toughness Matter More Than Positive Thinking
Part of the ‘Not Quiet What You Meant’ series By: Ezra Nadav For years, “positive thinking” has been marketed as the secret to success. From self-help books to Instagram mantras, the message has been consistent: if you just focus on the good, the good will follow. But life is more complicated than a motivational poster,…
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The Power to Love: Courage to Know Pain
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I Am Not What I Know
A part of the ‘On Second Thought‘ series By: Ezra Nadav I’ve spent most of my life gathering knowledge, storing it, curating it, offering it to others in the hope it will matter. In classrooms and consultations, workshops and webinars, I’ve been praised for clarity, for insight, for translating the complex into the digestible. It’s…
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Discomfort is not harm.
The Discomfort of Learning Is Not a Psychological Crisis Part of the ‘Not Quite What You Meant’ series By: Ezra Nadav Somewhere along the way, we began to confuse learning with comfort. In adult learning environments especially, training rooms, university lecture halls, continuing education seminars, there’s a growing expectation that the space must feel safe.…
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On Belonging Without Agreement
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The Kindness You Don’t Remember Giving
You may forget it. They may not. A part of the ‘On Second Though’ series By: Ezra Nadav When I was not yet twelve, I watched my grandfather do something I’ve never forgotten. We were stopped at a McDonald’s just outside of Waco, Texas, one of those roadside moments that usually blends into the background…
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When Belonging Turns Toxic: On Tribalism, Victimhood, and the Fragility of Community
Part of the ‘Not Quiet What You Meant’ series By: Ezra Nadav We all crave belonging. It’s a fundamental human need, to be seen, to be valued, to find our people. But what happens when the communities we turn to for safety and solidarity begin to turn on us? What happens when identity becomes armour,…
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