I am not the first person to call attention to the connection between diversity, inclusion and innovation. What I point out has been the most obvious blind spot is the need for personal innovation from leaders that addresses the problem with traditional diversity training. Before we get to that though, let’s take a closer look at the topic of diversity […]
Dear Friend, Do you remember when you were a child and the toys you used to play with? It is a known fact that the things you are introduced to as a child shape your childhood self-concept and develop your personality growth. You may find this to be true within a child’s psychological behavior. A major factor contributing to this […]
As everyone knows, the foreclosure crisis hit Americans of all backgrounds hard. And, despite all the talk about our so-called “recovery,” most people are still feeling the lingering effects of the Great Recession. Now, a new report from the American Association of Retired Persons Foundation titled “Main Street Nightmare: Older Americans and the Mortgage Market Crisis” reveals two disturbing trends: […]
I will never forget my first past life regression. I had been searching for spiritual meaning for quite some time, what the church was teaching just didn’t seem to answer all my questions, it seemed like something was missing, it wasn’t that I didn’t believe in church doctrine, but there had to be more. I had been feeling that there […]
As the saying goes, “nothing is certain but death and taxes.” In the context of estate planning, this reality drives the estate planner’s desire to minimize death taxes as much as possible. In fact, the world of estate planning is consumed with tax minimization in all its forms. Lawyers and advisors get clients to jump through legal and financial hoops […]
There are 8,760 hours in a year. An average work year consists of 2,500 hours. You sleep an average of 2,950 hours a year. This is how you spend 62% of your time at work or sleeping. Unfortunately, work is a “have to” for most people. How do we make work fun and enjoyable? In this book, the authors approach […]
Go ahead play forward; the guards play guard. ~ Coach Michael Jordan is the best basketball player of all time. More specifically, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time who happened to be a shooting guard. Can you imagine if Michael Jordan was asked to spend 3 quarters of each game as a center or point guard? […]
Rudy and Marjorie were on the brink of divorce. Married for 12 years, they had constant verbal battles that ended in what therapists call emotional disengagement, meaning they just ignored each other for days. Emotionally, they were boiling inside and also alone for each other, but they couldn’t communicate and communicate these feelings. They were in a “cold war” and […]
Chas and Dave wrote a song about it and how right they were. Women love rabbit! Whether you call it chatting, chatting, gassing, or just plain talking, we’re way ahead of the opposition on the stakes. Not that I’m saying it’s a reason for our men to leave us, as Chas and Dave suggested, but I have no doubt there […]
Since women entered the workforce in large numbers, the issue of sexual harassment has taken on a momentum of its own. Although women may be highly educated, have the required qualifications, and work side by side with men, almost 60% are subjected to unwanted sexually determined behavior by the opposite sex. Even female doctors are not exempt, and many are […]
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