CONSTANT, CONSISTENT CHANGE
Change is inevitable and universal. It is not a matter of whether or not we wish to change. It is rather how we wish to design and implement change and how we respond to change that we do not control. Whether your concerns are about an individual, an organization, a community or a country, or
0LISTENING, LEARNING AND MOVING FORWARD
I once said to Bill Moyers that one reason I enjoyed his presentations was that he was a very good teacher and I learned so much by just listening to him. He is a great storyteller. He responded by saying that he considered himself the student and was always eager to learn from others.
0TEN LESSONS LEARNED IN A 50-YEAR CAREER
1. Keep learning alive – Commit to becoming a life-long learner and whether or not you are an early adopter, consider how the world has changed and you along with it. 2. Step out of your comfort zone – Whether in learning something new, understanding and appreciating the opposing point of view, or becoming
0WINTER SOLSTICE IS TODAY
On Sunday, December 21, 2014, at 6:03 PM Eastern Time (for me) the sun reaches its southernmost point before starting back on its northward trek toward Spring. You can calculate your own time accordingly. Actually it has more to do with the tilt of the earth on its axis and its elliptical orbit but we will
0WINTER SOLSTICE (in 55 words)
Hours of sunlight increase and decrease, a predictable schedule. A calendar of days, weeks, months, one more year. Come December 21, in the northern hemisphere, the sun appears at its southernmost point along the horizon. The northward trek starts again, lengthening daylight hours. We burn candles and fires to celebrate solstice. It’s about the light.
0FREEDOM TO CHOOSE and SCHOOL CHOICE
We grow up in this country believing that freedom is perhaps the most important value that one can hold and cherish. The following sentence has often been called one of, if not the most famous in the world, and has been used repeatedly to bear witness to that belief. “We hold these truths to be
0MORTALITY and the GIFT OF TIME
Atul Gawande’s recent book, Being Mortal:Medicine and What Matters in the End, takes a good look at how we, and the medical community, deal with people in the later years of their lives. For those of us with aging parents or who ourselves are already past the midpoint, whatever that may be, there are some
0MISSING BRAINS
You may have seen the story coming from the University of Texas and the mystery of 100 missing brains. It seems they were destroyed in 2002. They were getting rid of “biological waste” either due to lack of use or no longer needed for neuroscience research. Regardless of the reasons, it started my brain to
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