Carpenter Sullivan Sossaman

As emotionally sophisticated as we think we're as adults, many of our motivations are nothing more than the echoes of the experiences imprinted on us as kids. Case in point, everyone retains some remnant of that 1st feeling of recognition for a job well done. It's that primordial moment of pride when your gold-starred schoolwork went up on the refrigerator for the entire world to see - or at the very least your big sister, who you knew would be completely jealous.