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African Native Americans
An important group of men and women has been left with no box to check in the 2010 Census: Native Americans with African origins. The 2010 Census provides us with boxes to check for gender – male, female, other questions, and race. Question #8 asks “Is the person of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin?” and offers 4 boxes of [...]
AAHSA & ABHOW Advocate Making Homes For Your Mother & Fathers
Get involved in aging- yours and others. Advocating, working, and serving in the industry for the aging is rewarding work and because I (Dr. Joel Martin, the one in the middle) am an aging Baby Boomer, there is a bit of a self-serving aspect to it. My sphere of influence is the ABHOW Corporate [...]
To Whose Knowledge does a Belief Belong?
Most people still believe that “Breakfast is the Most Important Meal of Day” and that was probably true when it was first said.
You may hate this message! But if you manage people read it anyway! Plz.
Dan Pink’s articles on business and technology have appeared in The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Wired. He worked previously as Vice President Al Gore’s chief speechwriter from 1995-97, and before that as an aide to Secretary of Labor Robert Reich. (Source)
Recently Dan Pink gave this talk at TED. If you [...]
Creating New Jobs. Who Does This? The Good News.
True or false? “Small Business is What Creates Jobs”. Some of the hurdles that are placed on entrepreneurs are things like:
Loans: If you are starting a business that requires “blue collar” workers, which may be many people out of work these days, banks may not be keen on lending money for this type of enterprise. [...]
Future Olympian
This is Kaylah who at a very young age was asked what she wanted to be when she grew up. Without hesitating she said “an ice skater.” Well July 4th in Las Vegas, NV she won a gold medal in her division…with a lot of support and encouragement from her Mom, Dad, Grandparents, coach and [...]
A Leader’s Clarity: Conviction, Perspective, Purpose, Vision
Words for leaders from Brian W. Kenney, Human Capital Performance Consultant, Austin, Texas: All successful leaders have a strongly held set of core beliefs and values that act as a lens through which they view the world around them. They have no doubts about the importance of these values and it is our value [...]
What Is A Human Being?
Perhaps this is an odd question because we think that the answer is self evident, like water is wet. What we’ve been told is that one of the elements that helps to distinguish human beings from most other creatures are the set of connectors in our brains called mirror neuron. Identifying this system in the [...]
Congrats Outrageous Leaders
Congratulations to the new graduates of this new company! Here’s to your continued success. Entrepreneurs, perhaps now is the time to live your dream.
DBI Education graduated their first Breakthrough Course Sunday July 12th. It was delivered by international trainer, consultant, author, and coach Joel Martin, PhD. With the support of a team of coaches [...]
Think Bold, Act Bolder
Thinking of bold ideas is no solution if they are not followed by bold actions. Imagine three birds sitting on a fence. Three decide to fly away. How many fly away? The answer? None. It takes more than deciding, it takes action. Actions speak louder than words.
Here is something I remind people about when I [...]
