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When you get your driver’s license, a state employee will ask you a very important question: “Would you like to be an organ donor?” A simple request, right? Wrong. A surprising number of people say “no” for all kinds of reasons. Some cite religious beliefs or moral concerns. Others just don’t like the thought of giving away what God gave them, even when they’re dead. One widely held belief is that if you are critically injured, physicians will let you die if you are an organ donor. This is simply not true. […]

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about creativity. Some people seem to have this magical ability to come up with unique ideas. Others, not so much. I began to contemplate the creative process after my composition teacher last semester encouraged us to use other people’s ideas, with proper credit, for our research papers. After an hour of class discussion and a little research, I realized I was looking at the whole process wrong. […]

Every once in a while, I find myself fascinated with a famous person. This fascination was reserved for rock stars when I was younger, but it has extended to comedians, economists and authors as I have gotten older.Physicist and Nobel Prize winner Richard Feynman is my latest person of interest. I’ve learned a little bit about a few brilliant physicists, but it was Feynman’s combination of humor, practicality and courage that attracted me to him. Feynman has changed how I think about balancing work and life. Here are some lessons I have picked up: […]