Reading time – 41seconds . . . About 1/3 of registered voters cast ballots in the last election. That’s about as good as it gets in a non-presidential year. Let’s see what that means to you and me and all Americans. Since most elections are decided by just a few percentage points, that means that… [read more]
It’s All About Us
Reading time – 17 seconds . . . I was recently facilitating workshops at a leadership conference -The Trust Summit – and it was and is all about leadership and trust. I worked with an advanced group of leaders to explore self-trust, relationship trust and organizational trust and I’m confident that it all begins and… [read more]
You Know This, But Still . . .
Reading time -41 seconds . . . Thomas Jefferson told us that, “An enlightened citizenry is indispensable for the proper functioning of a republic. Self-government is not possible unless the citizens are educated sufficiently to enable them to exercise oversight.” That means that we must educate the next generation so they can do their job…. [read more]
Mass Resignation
Reading time – 57 seconds . . . Three more high school children are dead and three more are in critical condition because a handgun was easy to obtain and was the preferred method of dispute resolution for yet another hurt/angry American. In the first year following the murders of 20 little kids and 7… [read more]
Our Greatest Hockey Game
Reading time – 59 seconds . . . The story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team is well known, both because of the 2004 movie Miracle and because if you were alive on February 22, 1980 you remember what happened, where you were and who was with you. It was one of those defining… [read more]
I Just Want You To Know . . .
Reading time – 57 seconds . . . The Forbes 400 was recently posted and we are told that the 400 richest people in America are worth about $2.29 trillion. That is more than the bottom 150 million Americans combined, or about half of all Americans. And that $2.29 trillion is up 13 5% over… [read more]
Crazy
Reading time – 67 seconds . . . I’m nearly through Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs and have a noggin full of takeaways. Jobs was a mercurial fellow, obsessive about detail and adamant in his views to the point that compromise was virtually impossible for him. A more than substantial driver of that was… [read more]
Backlash Quiz
Reading time – 127 seconds . . . Mohammed Mosaddegh was the democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran. In 1953 he was deposed in a coup d’état orchestrated by British MI6 and the American CIA, along with foreign oil firms. They established Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi as the absolute ruler of Iran. That was a handy… [read more]
Commitment
Reading time – 19 seconds . . . We’re just past the 13th anniversary of 9/11 and, as in every year, there is much to remember. A part of that terrible day which you might not know about is recounted here in a Washington Post piece. Watch the video and read the post. You just… [read more]
Confession
Reading time – 111 seconds . . . I wasn’t a 60s radical. I wasn’t even politically conscious. In fact, I was essentially out to lunch regarding social and political issues. I missed the marches, the sit-ins, the banners, the demands for change, the chanting in front of the White House. Even Woodstock passed… [read more]
