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Robert Wicks is a professor at Loyola University Maryland and the author of Bounce: Living the Resilient Life (Oxford). See full bio

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Personal Intrigue!

By Robert Wicks on October 5, 2009 in The Resilient Life

Two of the greatest enemies of growth and change are arrogance and ignorance. These two extremes waste more energy than any other defensive maneuver. In fact, if we avoided both of them, growth would happen almost spontaneously and naturally. Read More

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