From Chapter 9 “Learning” in Ingredients of Outliers. A Key Ingredient Fair enough! But what’s the secret, the primary ingredient, to being a lifelong learner? The answer, of course, is curiosity! The 18th century English author Samuel Johnson called curiosity “the thirst of the soul.” Two centuries later American author William Arthur Ward described it as “the wick in the candle of learning.” And the late, great Walt Disney claimed that it “keeps leading us down new paths.” If asked to nominate one person who, perhaps more than any other, might epitomize the word “curiosity,” it … [Read more...]
World Prematurity Day: Honoring Jenny McClendon, Sextuplets and Family
As part of World Prematurity Day, we want to recognize this family, the miracle of sextuplets born on June 11, 2010 and their incredible mother, Jenny McClendon. The babies were born at 30 weeks and were about 2lbs each at birth. Jenny, who you may know from Raising Sextuplets on WEtv, touches on her experience of giving birth to six babies within six minutes, suffering heart failure, and surviving, and is now a mother of nine working as a PA. Her story of strength, faith, and hard work here: http://ow.ly/Eidoh Join us in celebrating the lives of preemies today, those who have survived, … [Read more...]