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We are a division of SELF-KNOWLEDGE COLLEGE, which helps people improve themselves through a combination of self-development, positive psychology self-help, street-smarts and common sense. The founder and director of Dropout to Dean’s List is Frank Daley, who has spent more than 40 years, in various capacities, working with students at colleges and universities in Canada and the United States. fro

m Northwestern University in Chicago and did post graduate work in psychology and film at the University of Milan, Italy. His book is WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? The way to know yourself and get what you want, and the accompanying student workbook, are both used extensively in the work we do here. You can read more, if you wish, in the ABOUT section on the Self-Knowledge College and Dropout to Dean's List sites.

05/22/2026

It's dangerous!

05/15/2026

Or can it be a form of self-preservation?

05/11/2026

(IN WOMEN!)

05/07/2026

Quick, practical writing tips you can put to work before your coffee’s even cold. I’m Kristen, a longtime editor helping you write sharper, faster, and get closer to “yes.”. Click to read Inside an Editor's Brain, by Kristen Weber, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

MANY EXPERTS ADVISE US TO “FIND OURSELVES.”But the philosopher Thomas Szasz and the writer George Bernard Shaw both say,...
04/10/2026

MANY EXPERTS ADVISE US TO “FIND OURSELVES.”

But the philosopher Thomas Szasz and the writer George Bernard Shaw both say,

“The self is not something one finds: it is something one creates.”

AND WHY BOTHER ANYWAY?

02/25/2026

The decline of cursive instruction in schools has left students unable to parse archival documents written in script, Drew Gilpin Faust wrote in 2022. Can you study history if you can’t read cursive?

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01/06/2026
01/06/2026

This is something we work on in the Cycle Breakers program —
learning to tell the difference between misalignment and actual harm.

Harm is absolutely real and it happens a lot.
And I find that many people interpret misalignment as harm —
they take it deeply personally when someone can't meet them where they want to be met.
And while it's true that misalignment and harm can overlap at times,
it's also true that someone not being in the same space as you isn't inherently harmful or offensive, and it doesn't necessarily make either of you "wrong."

You might be in different places with different needs, maturity levels, perspectives, or feelings about something significant.
And that's not inherently bad —
but in order to tolerate misalignment, we have to have a respectful connection with ourselves.
We have to have the self awareness to be present to our own feelings, needs, wants, and desires, and to be in touch with our own boundaries.

And when we do so, we can encounter misalignment and recognize what's happening is that we're not in the same place —
and use that information to help us move forward.
Sometimes together, respecting differences.
Sometimes separately when we realize the gap is too large.
This can be quite painful at times, but it's what differentiated, emotionally mature adults become increasingly capable of over time.

This is a complex topic, but one that can be incredibly helpful when we stop interpreting difference as harm (which often happens when we're raised in codependent systems).
If this is something you're working on, the 12 month Cycle Breakers program begins January 21.
Space is limited!
https://theeqschool.co/cycle-breakers

01/06/2026
01/06/2026

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