Three words to embody, balancing purpose with practicality, cultivating character and more in #TheEdit.

• How to stop being so hard on yourself. Cultivating self-compassion can actually help you cope better with life’s struggles – The New York Times
• Why good ideas die quietly and bad ideas go viral. A new book, Antimemetics: Why Some Ideas Resist Spreading, argues that notions get taken up not because of their virtue but because of their catchiness – New Yorker
• What three words does this CEO embody in herself and her children? One CEO’s daily ritual for raising future leaders – TIME
• I miss playing the banjo. But I also have to make a living. Is there a way to balance both? – The Atlantic
• Girl in the water. I’d saved someone from drowning. Had I done the right thing? – Psyche
• Leaders should do more to be likeable. Business tends to look down on it, but being liked can be a powerful currency at work – Financial Times
• Playing human with Deepak Chopra. The physician turned philosopher on joy, death, and why reality can’t be systematised – The Beautiful Truth