Ulterior Motives

How goals, both seen and unseen, drive behavior

Art Markman is a cognitive scientist at the University of Texas whose research spans a range of topics in the way people think. See full bio

July 10, 2009, Happiness

Comments on "Lessons from my grandfather II: Love others for who they are."

Lessons from my grandfather II: Love others for who they are.

By Art Markman, Ph.D. on July 10, 2009 in Ulterior Motives

This series of posts is dedicated to the memory of my grandfather, Emanuel (Manny) Gold. His funeral was on July 8, 2009. My two cousins and I spoke at the funeral. My cousins and I get along well. We grew up living within a mile of each other for most of our childhoods, and I am still lucky enough to see them whenever I go back to the east coast. We had different interests in school growing up, though, and we took different career paths. Yet, we each had a very similar experience with my grandfather. Read More

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Submitted by Blaise on July 13, 2009 - 8:50pm.

Your post helped remind me of the good people in this world, like your grandfather, and the thoughtful people in this world, like you--people who take the time to think about why someone matters and who take the even greater step of sharing their thoughts with everyone. Thank you very much.