Linda: Most of us have been brought up to think in either/or terms. We may not even realize how much it is costing us to continue these old patterns that dominate our thinking. Either/or thinking ...

Since childhood, Elif Batuman has been on a quest to find in literature “direct relevance to lived experience, especially to love.” Following her doctoral dissertation at Stanford, which explored how ...

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Ed. note: The author formerly worked at the label Kill Rock Stars. Before Elliott Smith performed before national audiences, or signed to a major label, or cracked the Billboard 200, he was just one ...

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One of the most difficult adjustments I had to make during my corporate career was abandoning a black-and-white mindset. Typically, I am a matter-of-fact individual who is methodical and logical in ...

Rotman School of Management’s Jennifer Riel shares a four-step process for making stronger choices. Jennifer Riel, an adjunct professor at the Rotman School of Management, presents a model way to ...

It can be difficult to find a funny and smart literary novel that’s also full of heart, but New Yorker staff writer Elif Batuman’s 2017 novel, “The Idiot,” nailed it. That book chronicled the 1995-96 ...