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Creating space for your soul to breathe so you can discern your next right thing.

127: Don’t Try To Be Great

In his book based on a commencement speech he gave at Dartmouth College in 2011, Charles Wheelan tells a story about advice he never forgot and wants to pass on to graduates: Don’t try to be great. Let’s put the pandemic aside, discover the freedom in that counter-intuitive advice, and give three cheers to the students, teachers, and families of the graduating class of 2020. Listen in.

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Links + Resources From This Episode:

  • 10 1/2 Things No Commencement Speaker Has Ever Said by Charles Wheelan
  • Life Without Lack by Dallas Willard
  • Souvenirs of Solitude by Brennan Manning
  • Episode 81: Listen To This Before Graduation
  • Grab a copy of my book The Next Right Thing 
  • Find me on Instagram @emilypfreeman

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emily p freemanI’m Emily and I’m glad you’re here! 

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  1. Lynn says

    May 23, 2020 at 11:18 AM

    Don’t try to be great, just try to be solid. That’s just what I needed to hear! Thank you so much.

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  2. Christina says

    May 24, 2020 at 9:54 PM

    Hopefully I enter into the next (insert season) looking to be solid and years later find that it was enough. Bookmarked this!

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  3. Meghan Hendry says

    June 24, 2020 at 4:24 PM

    I am a recent college graduate and your gentle, hope-filled, and encouraging words are a reminder to my heart that the Lord wants to continue to conform each of us into His image in every season as we choose to trust in His plan, purpose, and timing, over our own. Thank you for the time, care, and intentionality you put into each episode.

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