Making your year-end charitable giving count
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- December
- 2016
If you are like me, your mailbox and email (and even voicemail) are full of requests for year-end contributions. How do you decide if a cause is worth your hard-earned money? I have seen the inside workings of many non-profit organizations, and my advice is to give with your head as well as your heart. […]
read moreThe time is now–for vacations
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- April
- 2016
It is time to take our vacations! That’s the message of Project: Time Off. Unfortunately, their research shows that Americans are becoming more and more reluctant to take time off from their jobs. Although most workers are eligible for paid vacations, they do not take them. In particular, the full-week vacation is almost disappearing. Vacations […]
read moreListening is not the same as hearing
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- March
- 2016
Effective listening requires the ability to understand what the speaker is saying. This skill is vital for all relationships, personal and professional. In business Richard Branson, Virgin Founder, said the best advice his father ever gave him was to “Listen more than you talk.” He observes in a Linked-In post, “…the most successful entrepreneurs I […]
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