When Americans are asked what they are thankful for on Thanksgiving, family is the most common response. They also tend to be grateful for their friends and health.
This Thanksgiving, we encourage Americans to also be thankful for human progress. Past progress is not only something we should be grateful for but understanding it may also play a crucial role in cultivating the type of mindset needed to promote future progress. Unfortunately, many of the young Americans who will become the political, business, and cultural leaders of tomorrow do not appear to be learning about the progress our world has achieved in recent decades.
When it comes to human progress, there is much to celebrate.
Continue reading at The Hill.
Clay Routledge, PhD, is the Vice President of Research and Director of the Human Flourishing Lab at the Archbridge Institute. As a leading expert in existential psychology, his work focuses on helping people reach their full potential and build meaningful lives. Follow his work @clayroutledge and subscribe to his newsletter, Flourishing Fridays.
John Bitzan is the director of the Sheila and Robert Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth at North Dakota State University.
Culture of Flourishing
When Americans are asked what they are thankful for on Thanksgiving, family is the most common response. They also tend to be grateful for their friends and health.
This Thanksgiving, we encourage Americans to also be thankful for human progress. Past progress is not only something we should be grateful for but understanding it may also play a crucial role in cultivating the type of mindset needed to promote future progress. Unfortunately, many of the young Americans who will become the political, business, and cultural leaders of tomorrow do not appear to be learning about the progress our world has achieved in recent decades.
When it comes to human progress, there is much to celebrate.
Continue reading at The Hill.
Clay Routledge
Clay Routledge, PhD, is the Vice President of Research and Director of the Human Flourishing Lab at the Archbridge Institute. As a leading expert in existential psychology, his work focuses on helping people reach their full potential and build meaningful lives. Follow his work @clayroutledge and subscribe to his newsletter, Flourishing Fridays.
John Bitzan
John Bitzan is the director of the Sheila and Robert Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth at North Dakota State University.
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