Convo - Walter Anderson is a former Marine sergeant and Vietnam veteran, an American editor, author and playwright, best known as the former editor-in-chief and CEO of Parade Magazine. His impact and influence has been felt in magazine and newspaper media as well as through five books including the bestsellers Meant To Be and The Confidence Course and three plays: “Talkin’ Stuff” a one-man show he performed at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, “Almost Home” which was produced Off-Broadway in New York City, and “The Trial of Donna Caine” which opened at the George Street Playhouse.

Topics:

Stages of human development

Trust, identity, self transcendence (seeing others, beyond self)

Sublimating anger through writing

Catalyzing anger into an act of hope

If you hate, they win

Those who anger you, control you

Think globally, act locally

Emergent evolution

The search for life meaning

Living from a place of service

Getting negativity out of your life

Life starts at 40?

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