Karl Krayer and I will soon complete our 13th full year of hosting the First Friday Book Synopsis. At each of our monthly meetings, Karl and I each present a synopsis of a best selling business book. For nearly half that time, I have also presented synopses every month for the Urban Engagement Book Club… Read More A Suggested Reading List For Those Interested In Issues of Social Justice And Poverty
Cheryl offers: On the front page of Sunday September 19’s New York Daily News and the Wall Street Journal was a picture of several women in Afghanistan. They were dressed in blue veils and garments to identify them as voting poll administrators. These women were there even though the Taliban had threatened to harm anyone… Read More Florence Nightingale sighted in Afghanistan
We all keep wondering just what sets the most successful individuals above the rest. What do they do? Well, here is a principle that is clear. The most successful practice constant improvement. How do they do that? #1 – they figure out just what needs to be improved – starting with self! #2 – they… Read More Highly Self-Correcting – A Trait Of The Successful
“I asked Jeroo what she had learned from her work with Childline in India. She thought for a moment, then replied: “If I have to summarize it in one line, it would be, ‘Learning to let go.’ Everything will not be exactly the way you want it. You have to let people take charge. The… Read More Entrepreneurship means You Don’t Always Get What you Want — You Have To Learn To Let Go
“A few years ago, students came to business school thinking they would get rich right away,” Dartmouth’s Mr. Fairbrothers says. “But now, I think students are trying to focus on doing reasonably well while doing some good.” This is the concluding paragraph in a Wall Street Journal article entitled: M.B.A.s Seek Social Change: Enterprises With… Read More Business and Social Change — M.B.A.s seek Social Change
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