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Help Through Research is Our Greatest Hope
March 15, 2013
Alzheimer’s has become a pandemic that knows no boundaries, impacting the world over. Researchers are committed to finding a cure and in time will succeed in their efforts. But in the interim it continues to grow at an alarming rate.Millions of people suffer from ... Read more »
A Sense of Adventure
March 15, 2013
About to begin an adventurous trip, one would likely feel a sense of adventure. You’d think so, wouldn’t you? As for me, some weeks before beginning any adventure, I generally feel such sense of adventure. But this time I don’t yet feel it. Oh sure, ... Read more »
The Skinny on Fat: Political and Otherwise
March 15, 2013
I don't think I've ever been witness to anything quite as petty and mean spirited than the cancellation of the White House Tours.The kids from Iowa have a point. It is our house, not the President's nor the governments. People who are more than ... Read more »
Learning to Budget All Over Again
March 15, 2013
I received the following e-mail from a regular satisfying retirement reader and commenter. Her questions and request for a post focused on budgeting are very much in line with some of the comments left on the post I wrote asking for your ideas for this ... Read more »
What Leaders Get All Wrong About Leadership
March 14, 2013
I did leadership all wrong for years. I held leadership positions without understanding effective leadership practices. My early education was in theology. Tragically, I had no training in leadership.My leadership journey includes powerful, sometimes painful, shifts in attitudes and practice.The first shift:Leaders ... Read more »
Q: Marriage or Jail? A: … I’m thinking, I’m thinking …
March 13, 2013
A recent news clip stated Londoners ask for divorce for the flimsiest of reasons. A woman sued her husband when he insisted that she dress in Klingon costumes and speak in that language … particularly during romantic interludes. I mean really, doesn't everyone?Another said ... Read more »
