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SUMMARY:THE WAY OF EXCELLENCE: A GUIDE TO TRUE GREATNESS AND DEEP SATISFACTION IN A CHAOTIC WORLD
DESCRIPTION:In The Way of Excellence: A Guide to True Greatness and Deep Satisfaction in a Chaotic World\, bestselling author and performance coach Brad Stulberg offers a practical guide to realizing our potential amid the chaos of modern life by reconnecting to ourselves through the pursuit of excellence. Combining modern science\, timeless wisdom\, and actionable strategies\, Stulberg redefines excellence—not as a finish line to cross\, but as an ongoing process of growth and becoming that allows us to reach our fullest potential while staying deeply connected to our values and what truly matters. \nInspired by research from diverse fields and grounded in real-world application\, Stulberg frames excellence as the integration of mastery and mattering\, providing a clear\, sustainable path for pursuing meaningful goals with focus and intention. Unlike “hacks” and the hustle culture of “pseudo-excellence\,” this book champions meaningful challenges that align with our values and goals and foster deep satisfaction\, fulfillment\, and contribution. \nStulberg explores critical principles such as defining and living in alignment with your values\, cultivating focus\, prioritizing consistency over intensity\, building genuine confidence\, and creating environments that foster our best performances. He shows how striving for genuine excellence can reconnect us to ourselves\, our work\, and each other\, creating lives rich in meaning and purpose. \nStulberg is the bestselling author of The Practice of Groundedness and Master of Change\, and coauthor of Peak Performance. He regularly contributes to The New York Times\, and his work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal and The Atlantic\, among other outlets. He is co-host of the podcast excellence\, actually and is on faculty at the University of Michigan. \nStulberg will be in conversation with Angela Duckworth\, Ph.D. (FAN ’12\, ’16)\, the Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor at the University of Pennsylvania\, faculty co-director of the Penn-Wharton Behavior Change for Good Initiative\, and founding faculty co-director of Wharton People Analytics. She is also co-host of the podcast No Stupid Questions. \nBonus Book Giveaway: FAN is giving away copies of The Way of Excellence to randomly selected Zoom attendees. Details on the webinar registration page. \nThis event is suitable for youth ages 12 and up. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel.
URL:https://gortoncenter.org/event/the-way-of-excellence-a-guide-to-true-greatness-and-deep-satisfaction-in-a-chaotic-world/
LOCATION:On Zoom
CATEGORIES:Events,Family Action Network
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SUMMARY:Shared Wisdom: Cultural Evolution in the Age of AI
DESCRIPTION:In Shared Wisdom: Cultural Evolution in the Age of AI\, Alex “Sandy” Pentland\, Ph.D.\, delves into the history of innovation\, emphasizing how technologies and cultural inventions have shaped human society. Humanity’s great leaps forward—the rise of civilizations\, the Enlightenment\, and the Scientific Revolution—were all propelled by cultural inventions that accelerated our rate of innovation and built collective wisdom. Solving today’s global challenges\, from climate change and pandemics to failing social institutions\, will require similarly fundamental inventions. \nShared Wisdom provides a unique perspective on human society and offers insights into how we can use technologies like digital media and AI to augment\, rather than replace\, our human capacity for deliberation. Drawing on his expertise in both social science and technology\, Pentland bridges the gap between these disciplines and offers a holistic view of the challenges and opportunities we face in the age of AI. By examining our deep history\, he argues that the better we understand the key factors that accelerate cultural evolution\, the greater our chances of surmounting our current problems. \nPentland is a Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI and Toshiba Professor of Media Arts & Science at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. He is a serial entrepreneur\, was named one of the “100 People to Watch This Century” by Newsweek and “one of the seven most powerful data scientists in the world” by Forbes. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering\, an advisor to Abu Dhabi Investment Authority Lab\, and an advisor to Google\, AT&T\, and the UN Secretary General. Pentland will be in conversation with Lisa Kay Solomon (FAN ’24)\, a lecturer and the Futurist in Residence at the Stanford University d.school. She is the host of the How We Future podcast and Substack and the co-author of the bestselling books Moments of Impact and Design a Better Business. \nBonus Book Giveaway: FAN is giving away copies of Shared Wisdom to randomly selected Zoom attendees. Details on the webinar registration page. \nThis event is suitable for youth ages 12 and up. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel.
URL:https://gortoncenter.org/event/shared-wisdom-cultural-evolution-in-the-age-of-ai/
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