“Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day. Teach a man how to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” This phrase from the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu has been around for hundreds of years, and embodies a universal truth and teachable principles that is held today. I was brought … More A Self Sustaining Life
Last week, people across the nation learned of the mass shootings in El Paso TX and Dayton Ohio. I saw the news in a hotel lobby with a hotel clerk who made a thought-provoking comment: “What do you expect when parents give their kids drugs?” She was alluding to our drug-cultured society, in which our … More Is controlling mental illness to problem to gun violence or drug addiction
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No Longer Desperate for Work, Veterans Seek More Meaningful Careers For veterans, underemployment is the new unemployment. With the U.S. Labor Department announcing earlier this month that low, veterans groups, advocates and veterans themselves are sounding a new alarm: underemployment. The department cites that of the three million plus post-9/11 veterans employed in the civilian … More Let’s Stop Talking About the Lack of Technical Talent, Corporate America: It’s Time to Close the Large Tech Skills Gap with Veterans. GUEST AUTHOR, KAREN ROSS, AT SHARPDECISIONS.COM
Children that challenge authority want to be empowered and in power themselves. When I grew up and attended a public school in a large city in a large neighborhood, I learned that children can be very cruel and mean to each other. Research has shown that children that don’t know how to handle conflict with … More What Does Toxic Behavior Say About Us in the Workplace? (Ways of curving that Toxic Appetite) Derrick Darden, PhD
