Over the winter holidays I got a shock. Dripping with distain, my 4-year old nephew touched a present under the tree and exclaimed, “What kind of a present is this? A book?” Wait a second, where is he getting this book-bad-rap? He loves books, he even reads to his 10-month old brother! This helped me understand… A dear friend called and apologized for giving me books for Christmas after reading an article that called books one of a 'top 5 most-hated presents' to receive. Curious, I asked the young adults in my family about their reading habits. They explained to me that they never actually read an entire book. Instead, they skim the digital summaries. (I’m thankful that at least this means they’re not reading the Twilight series.) Adults, meanwhile, told me they feel they have too little time for “deep reading,” a term coined in 1994 by Sven Birkerts in The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in the Electronic Age to describe “the slow and meditative possession of a book” that differs significantly from the email, blog and article skimming and scanning we often due each day. My Reading Fantasies I love reading and always have. Give me a good book and I’m completely … [Read more...]
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Leadership Lessons from World’s Youngest Human Cannonball
Elliana Grace Hentoff-Killian was the world's youngest female human cannonball. At twenty-one years old, she performed with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey show "Built to Amaze." She shot out of a canon at 65 miles an hour, that's a g-force of 7, similar to what astronauts experience reentering earth's atmosphere. Back in 2013, NPR's Talk of the Nation profiled Elliana who … [Read More...]
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...]
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