When we reflect on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr we think of his role as a passionate and inspired leader of civil rights and freedom. We remember the progress he made for equality while pursuing nonviolent tactics. Dr. King was a powerful speaker. Known for his...
Nearly 40 percent of American workers didn’t take a vacation this past year. And that’s abysmal. It’s financially and physiologically irresponsible to spend a year without a vacation. Lost vacation days means lost money. Workers forfeited 222 million of their 658...
The ONE thing we can all do to help ourselves is to keep giving, even after the Holiday Season is over. For the last few weeks we’ve perused the Internet and wandered aisles, choosing the perfect gifts for our friends and family — helping each other replace the old...
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to gain fame and notoriety for doing something completely ordinary? Well, that’s the life Mark Smith found as The Man in Seat 61. An author, speaker, father, and arguably one of the leading experts on modern train travel in...
One of the greatest struggles in life is the battle for a sense of control. It’s easy to feel like our lives our in the hands of fate. But, that isn’t entirely the case. In the 2011 film 50/50, Joseph Gordon Levitt plays a 27-year-old journalist who is suddenly...
Whether it’s a rookie fighter taking down a heavy weight champion, a Horatio Alger who overcomes poverty, or a dark horse candidate going the distance, we all find ourselves rooting for the underdog. They’re the gritty, nose-grinders who remind us that the impossible...
The holidays sure know how to disrupt your daily routine. Between parties, shopping, end-of-year deadlines and out-of-town visitors, there’s no shortage of wrenches waiting to be thrown into our productivity. Whenever your productivity is threatened, you should have a...
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is a holiday classic with more than one good life lesson to offer. It tells the tale of an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge, who learns to soften his heart and adopt a spirit of good charity. But despite his change in character, his...
Everything is insane. The news teaches us things we never wanted to know — and Facebook? Forget about it. We hide behind screens and argue with friends and family about tax hikes and who gets to do what where. We used to not do that. We used to be better, before we...