Personal Growth

1. The Minimum Viable Lifestyle

   The Pastry Box Project, October 9, 2013

2. Integrity Comes at a Price

   Integrity is not a search for the rewards of integrity. Maybe all you ever get for it is the chance to watch the venal and corrupt succeed. The price is still worth it.

   The Pastry Box Project, December 8, 2013

3. Give a crap. Don’t give a fuck.

   A List Apart, February 28, 2013

4. Pay It Forward

   Medium, June 3, 2014

5. The power of vulnerability

   Brené Brown studies human connection -- our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity.

   By Brené Brown, TED Talks, June 1, 2010

6. Listening to shame

   Shame is an unspoken epidemic, the secret behind many forms of broken behavior. Brené Brown, whose earlier talk on vulnerability became a viral hit, explores what can happen when people confront their shame head-on.

   By Brené Brown, TED Talks, March 1, 2012

7. Integrity comes at a price

   Integrity comes at a price. And it's worth it.

   By Karen McGrane, The Pastry Box Project, December 8, 2013

8. The Minimum Viable Lifestyle

   The Minimum Viable Lifestyle won’t make you happier, more successful, thinner, or richer. It has a marginal chance of preventing your early and untimely death, which is really the minimum standard I think we should all strive for.

   By Karen McGrane, The Pastry Box Project, October 9, 2013