He shouldn’t be. Dag: climbed mountains and hiked trails photographed landscapes all over the world composed haiku and poetry negotiated with kings, prime ministers, and presidents flew into literal war zones transformed the United Nations died on a peace mission in Africa So here’s my question: How did one of the twentieth century’s most extraordinary […]
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I’ve picked up certain Dag habits. And that’s literally what I call them. He loved hiking, nature walks, and photography. I started those activities out of closeness and soon thought, “I understand why these activities have so much appeal. I get it now.” Shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing, has a number of benefits, ranging from lowering
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Yay! 🎉 One week from today, Simply Dag will be released worldwide. As launch day gets closer, I’ve found myself thinking about the image that came to mind when I envisioned the book cover. Interestingly enough, it wasn’t a scene from the United Nations. It was something much quieter. I imagined Dag Hammarskjöld sitting beneath
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Ever sat in a meeting with the fear, “Eventually, they’re going to figure out I have no idea what I’m doing.” You aren’t alone. In fact, 70+% of high-achievers experience Imposter Syndrome. The paradox is that it rarely affects people who are actually unqualified—it disproportionately targets the people who care the most. In this episode,
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In Dag Hammarskjöld’s essay for the radio program This I Believe, he discussed choosing the beliefs with which he was brought up as his own and by his own choice. Meaning that, as an adult, he’d considered his childhood faith and concluded he still believed in accordance with them. Later, in an essay titled “The
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