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If you spend enough time with Getting Ahead Investigators or Staying Ahead Mentors, you will find we have a secret language. Well, it isn't really a secret, but it is a shared vocabulary that makes a difference in our lives. When one of us is overwhelmed, another may remind them to "detach" their emotions from a situation so they can make a decision in a less frantic state. Sometimes we will tell each other to think about our thinking (which we all know is metacognition). Other times , we...

“Hope—it’s the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective; a lot of hope is dangerous.”― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games ​ Many of you have probably heard about one of the programs in our pathway called Getting Ahead in a Just Gettin’ By World. ​ At first, it sounds like a class about money—understanding your income, your budget, your debt. And that’s definitely where it starts. But very quickly, it becomes so much more. Getting Ahead turns into a conversation about how the...

🧠 Breaking Free From the “Tyranny of the Moment” One of the most powerful ideas in Getting Ahead is this: the tyranny of the moment....