I’ve been reflecting on being queenly lately. I’ll ‘fess up. Like most everyone I know, I caught a nasty bug that drove me to bed, giving me a chance to guilty-pleasure-binge on Phillippa Gregory’s novels brought to TV, BBC miniseries-style. Gregory’s historical fiction involves witchy queens who are often brilliantly strategic. Usually, the queens (or queen-wanna-bees) can give porn-stars a run for their money. After all, the queen’s ascension and power depends on her sexual prowess as much as anything else. Once my flu-haze lifted, a Huffington Post article caught my eye because it mentions women being treated “like queens.” A Saudi Arabian historian, speaking to his nation's ban on female drivers, says women who drive in other countries such as the United States don't care if they're raped and that sexual violence "is no big deal to them." Instead, in Saudi Arabia (a place I once resided), women are treated like queens. Case in point, he says, women are driven around by the men of the family or male chauffeurs. Before exclaiming outrage, let’s look at how we in the West might be getting “queen” royally wrong too. How (Some) Americans Think-Like-A-Queen Reading … [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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