The threads of love may sometimes unravel, but our core values will mend and strengthen them By Lee Ruggles Scattered clusters of impatiens are sweet little bridesmaids dressed in red and green. The live oak, gnarled and bent, shelters the man and woman, dappling them with sunlight filtering through the leaves and the veils of …
By Jaime Hollander The importance of apology was one of the greatest lessons I’ve learned. It’s also a powerful business tool. I’m still not entirely sure what did or didn’t happen. I was relatively new to the workforce and managing projects that, 15 years later, would give me anxiety. Then the high stakes and full-on …
Let’s look at the traits and qualities that create an extraordinary leader There’s no shortage of amazing leaders both in the past and the present, but the official definition of a “good leader” depends on who you ask. If you ask a friend, they may say that a good leader is daring and opinionated. If …
By Nancy Hauswald The world moves fast. Mail moves slow. And that’s a good thing, especially now. As I write, life as we know it is changing at a dizzying, mind-numbing pace. Our daily routines have been upended. So far, though, there’s one piece of our lives here in the U.S. that hasn’t been affected …
Yup, it’s possible. Listen to the news for five minutes these days and it feels about as comfortable as getting a root canal. People are divided. Politics are messier than ever. There’s intensifying chatter about AI robots becoming sentient beings (Yikes!). Simple interactions have the tendency to go from debates to vitriolic insults in three …
Creating the lives we want can feel like a giant slog and struggle. Our goals, tasks, obligations, and aspirations all compete for our attention. Then add the goals and needs of others, and it is a miracle our brains can organize our lives into any workable plan from day to day. The idea that we …