What does success look like? Well the NoVo Foundation seems to think that we can measure it using love as a metric. But how does that work? And as some have noted, can love really be quantified so easily? John tackles this and counters with an old world concept called the nous - which offers a possible meeting ground for these concepts.
Links:
Quartz article by Suzanne Guillette - https://tinyurl.com/xc7npbc8
Orthodox Psychotherapy by Metropolitan Vlachos - https://tinyurl.com/277c6hda
Life of Moses by St. Gregory of Nyssa - https://tinyurl.com/h5pvs4aj
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