<p class="p1">Jennifer Wallace shares about her book, Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose on episode 622 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.<br /> <div id="" class="one-half first divwrap clearfix" /></p> <h2 class="p3">Quotes from the episode</h2> <p class="p1"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-21329 aligncenter" src="https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/TIHE622-1.png" alt="Mattering says you belong at the table, but it goes even further, and it says you would be missed if you weren't here." width="930" height="620" srcset="https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:930/h:620/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/TIHE622-1.png 930w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:300/h:200/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/TIHE622-1.png 300w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:768/h:512/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/TIHE622-1.png 768w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:600/h:400/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/TIHE622-1.png 600w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:360/h:240/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/TIHE622-1.png 360w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:930/h:620/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/dpr:2/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/TIHE622-1.png 2x" sizes="(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px" /></p> <p>Mattering says you belong at the table, but it goes even further, and it says you would be missed if you weren&#8217;t here. You are adding value, and we would notice if you weren&#8217;t here.<br /> -Jennifer Wallace</p> <p>We have so much input and so much output being demanded of us today that often we go through life on autopilot.<br /> -Jennifer Wallace</p> <p>Mattering is not another thing to add to your to-do list. Mattering is a way of looking at your to-do list.<br /> -Jennifer Wallace</p> <p>When you look at the data on what drives performance, it is engagement. And what drives engagement is mattering.<br /> -Jennifer Wallace</p> <p class="p2"></div><div id="" class="one-half divwrap clearfix" /></p> <h2 class="p3">Resources</h2> <ul> <li class="li4"><span class="s1"><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/79174/9780593850596">Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose, by Jennifer Wallace</a></span></li> <li class="li2"><span class="s1"><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/79174/9780593191866">Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic—and What We Can Do About It, by Jennifer Wallace</a></span></li> <li class="li2"><span class="s1"><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/79174/9780743203043">Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community, by Robert D. Putnam</a></span></li> <li class="li2"><span class="s1"><a href="https://www.jenniferbwallace.com">Jennifer Wallace&#8217;s Website</a></span></li> <li class="li2"><span class="s1"><a href="https://www.jenniferbwallace.com/mattering-movement">Mattering Movement</a></span></li> <li class="li2"><span class="s1"><a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/168848/life-college-matters-life-college.aspx">Gallup-Purdue Index Report</a></span></li> <li class="li2"><span class="s1"><a href="https://www.transitionsthroughlife.com/">Nancy Schlossberg’s Transition Theory</a></span></li> <li class="li2"><span class="s1"><a href="https://song.link/i/102807188">World Spins Madly On</a></span></li> <li class="li2"><span class="s1"><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/weratedogs.com/post/3mjf66wzan227">WeRateDogs &#8211; This is Sadie.</a></span></li> <li class="li5"><span class="s1"><a href="https://www.jenniferbwallace.com/mattering-ambassadors">Sign up to be a Mattering Ambassador</a></span></li> </ul> <p class="p1"></div></p>