She writes about women and money. She illuminates how difficult it is to be female in a male dominated world. She’s a celebrity without a memoir. She certainly didn't need a sex tape or a reality t.v. show. In fact, she was never even interviewed. Jane Austen attracts readers (and re-readers) like no other. She also attracted her share of haters among the literari–both women and men—like Virginia Woolf and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Much as I love Mark Twain, he was the nastiest: “Every time I read Pride and Prejudice I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin bone!” Seriously. Shame on you, Mr. Twain. You can’t stop us, nothing can. We women love Jane Austen. No, it isn’t because we are all looking for a Mr. Darcy. (Though I have to admit, Darcy’s 10,000 pounds a year is now worth at least $600,000 U.S. dollars annually today, a sum I believe I could live on.) Rather, its Austen’s quick wit and sharp insights that stick with us. That and her incredible ability to reveal truths about human behavior that ring true today. You don’t have to be an Austen fan to appreciate the lessons on how we should expect to be treated, who we need to surround ourselves … [Read more...]
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Leadership Guidance from the World’s Nicest Grown-Up
The "World’s Nicest Grown-Up," now that’s an enviable moniker. He's also been called the Dalai Lama of television, a Pied Piper, and even messianic. Think nice, sweater-addicts can't get ahead? With a U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom, a Hollywood Walk of Fame Star, and 40 honorary university degrees, his net worth was over $8 million when he died in 2003. Welcome to Fred … [Read More...]
Bring the Love: Amy Markwood
When I think of Amy Markwood the first image that comes to mind is a bursting heartful of love. “Do what you love; Love what you do,” is Amy’s motto. A Vice President of Professional Development for Dale Carnegie, Amy loves developing, designing and delivering customized corporate training. With a M.Ed. in Education and certification in Instructional Systems Design, she’s an … [Read More...]
U.S. Needs Mandela Approach to Rebuilding Trust
The overwhelming majority of people in the U.S. believe that other people cannot be trusted. Pumping gas at an Arizona station just off I-40, a man wearing a dark, wrinkled uniform approached me. He carried a boot that had a few dollar bills sticking out and he asked, "Would you like to donate to the firefighters' fund?" I replied, "Do you have some kind of identification?" The … [Read More...]
The Benefits of Unplugging
Guest Post by Rebecca Temsen of Self-Development Secrets The first thing that is likely to come to our mind when we hear the word technology is the world of gadgets and electronic systems. It is not entirely accurate as technology could be more precisely defined as the driving force behind the successful functioning of these electronic items. There's a high percentage of … [Read More...]
Like Songs, Leaders Can Produce Earworms
I woke up today with an earworm. It’s driving me nuts. No doubt you’ve experienced annoying earworms too. You know, that “little fragment, often a bit of the chorus of the song, that just plays and replays like it's stuck on loop in your head,” explains Elizabeth Margulis, director of the Music Cognition Lab at the University of Arkansas and author of On Repeat: How Music Plays the … [Read More...]
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