Interesting how we lie to ourselves to feel better about who we are—being human it’s only natural. However, we all have varying realities. At a party in East Hampton, I met woman we’ll call Kathy, to respect her anonymity, even though she had little respect for others. She was from Brooklyn and believed it […]
MEDIA CONTACT: **FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Cassidy George PHG Holding Group LTD. 480.515.2211 Info@smainstitute.com “Top is in on real-estate prices” SMA Institute reports NEW YORK/SCOTTSDALE—December 15, 2021 During the recent investment policy meeting, SMA Institute forecasted, “the top is in on real-estate prices”. Their previous sell recommendation was made in December […]
Savvy CEOs understand that business can change as trends become norm rather than the exception. They know that shifts in their industry, locally or globally, can have an immediate impact on their companies, sometimes for the long term. Noticing those shifts can allow them to respond strategically rather than with knee-jerk reactions to fads. And […]
Not Accurately Identifying The Problem Encore Performance Published on March 11, 2015 The governor’s balanced budget initiative has brought back an old argument that comes up whenever it is time to cut spending. How much more money is needed to make education work? Spending money on kids is a great argument but maybe the question […]
The influence of language alone can hardly explain the shift from a participatory to a non-participatory world. If human discourse is experienced by indigenous, oral peoples to be participant with the speech of birds, of wolves, and even of the wind, how could it ever have become severed from the vaster life? How could we […]
As darkness falls, I can hear them telling stories. The scent of cigarettes. There’s danger in the air. —Alejandro Escovedo It makes no difference who came before whom. All Americans are immigrants. —even the homo sapiens who crossed the Bering Strait during an ice age 14,000 years ago. Because of this, we are […]
“Kevin wrote this story as a reaction to oppression of women in the workplace. I hope you found it as powerful as I did” ~ Alana Continuing the conversion from last time… The first time I met Jane, I was deep in my task of putting together this economic think tank. Finding […]
In this chapter, two friends who had not seen each other in years joined a wildlife rescue team to determine security of bald eagle fledglings in a vast natural recreation area. After the work was complete they went camping as a reward. What happened that evening in the rugged wilderness taught as much about nature, as […]