In high school I enrolled in a personal typing class, probably one of the most practical classes I ever took. More than 50 years later, I’m still typing almost every day. The computer keyboards I use ...

Source: Carl Pickhardt Ph. D. Adolescence can give practice (investing repeated effort in work to maintain or strengthen some capacity or habit) a bad name. At an age when new and different and novel ...

How do I convince students that there’s a point to doing homework every day? You can explain the power of practice. Here’s something I wrote about the topic for Character Lab as a Tip of the Week: In ...

I have three-year-old twins and a new puppy. To say that sitting quietly in meditation is challenging is a true statement for me. I also run a non-profit, have an adult dog, aging parents, a husband, ...