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Barriers to Change in America

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 02.11.2013 | Politics
Read More: Awareness, Social Change, Obamacare, Complacency, Occupy Wall Street, Political Change, Fiscal Cliff, Barack Obama, Politics News
Howard Steven Friedman

Americans who aspire to see America truly thrive need to understand that it is a battle to implement any substantial change in America, but this is a battle worth having - not just for our own sake, but for the sake of future generations.

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A-Tisket, A-Tasket... I Cannot Multitask It

Irene Tanner | Posted 01.17.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Multitaskers, Career Women, Parenting Experiences, Complacency, Career Path, Mothering, Comfort Zones, Work-Life Balance, Goals, Healthy Living News
Irene Tanner

The reality is that no one can slay dragons, attend parents' night, and write the great American novel all at once. I gave my best effort toward doing one major thing at a time to the very limit of my ability. Would I do differently if offered a do-over? Of course not!

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The Don't Parenting List

Marva Soogrim | Posted 11.12.2012 | Parents
Read More: Guilt, Complacency, Meditation, Balance, Parenting, Peer Pressure, Life Balance, Parenting Advice, Good Parent, Parents News
Marva Soogrim

Leadership begins with the parent. By setting an example, parents establish a guideline for their children that will last a lifetime.

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It's All Happening at the Zoo

Michael J. McCarthy | Posted 06.04.2011 | Denver
Read More: Seeing, Vision, Inner Child, Complacency, Fresh Perspective, Hope, The Denver Zoo, Stagnation, Spiritual, Inner Living, Wisdom 2.0, Love, Innocence, Life, Denver News
Michael J. McCarthy

I went to the Denver Zoo recently to reflect. Quite often, a change of scenery helps give me a fresh perspective.

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When the Invincible Become "Vincible"

Ron Ashkenas | Posted 05.30.2011 | Business
Read More: Successful Firms, Complacency, Blue Chip Stocks, Business Advice, Blue Chips, Blue Chip Companies, Successful Corporations, Successful Businesses, Business News
Ron Ashkenas

We've recently witnessed the fall from grace of a number of premier, blue chip companies. Peter Drucker once said that the biggest curse a company can have is twenty years of success. It's true.

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Strip Club Lessons in Democracy

Michael J. McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Politics, Democracy, Lessons From Strippers, Complacency, Government Run Like Strip Club, Strip Clubs, Innovation, Politics News
Michael J. McCarthy

While our nation is struggling, strippers -- yes, nude and scantily clad women -- earn more in one day than the average person earns in a week. What can we learn from these entrepreneurial dancers?

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America Sits Idly By

Steph Thompson | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Egypt, Freedom, Creativity, Complacency, Brooklyn, Artist, Tv, Fear, Obama, Park Slope, Truth, Healthy Living News
Steph Thompson

American society has gone more than a little astray. We are in a Catch-22 between fear and freedom that threatens to serve up a healthy dose of hopelessness to all.

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No Hurricane Worries? Not So Fast

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Coast, Knight Foundation, Tropical, Category, 2010, Preparedness, Philip J. Klotzbach, Cone of Uncertainty, Gerald Campbell, Katrina, Experts, Mississippi, National Hurricane Center, Season, Miami, Knight Center for International, Depression, Florida, Zone, Complacency, Louisiana, Wind, Develop, Forecast, El Nino, William M. Gray, Colorado State University, Office of Emergency Management, Water, Storms, Atlantic Ocean, Bill, Bill Read, Hurricane, Ocean, Green News
Joseph B. Treaster

Here's the bad news about the quiet, almost peaceful hurricane season in 2009: Right away, people start thinking this is the norm. They start to relax and maybe even make fun of hurricanes.

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Attention GenY'ers! Talk To Your Parents! Don't Let GenJonesers Vote Against Themselves!

David Paulsen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Phil Gramm, Baby Boomers, Colin Powell, Complacency, Abortion Rights, Millennials, Obama, Barack Obama, Undecided Voters, Generation Jones, Swing Voters, Generation X, Boomers, Global Warming, Generation Y, Voting, Joneser, Genxers, Geny, Genx, Genjones, Politics News
David Paulsen

Convince them, as the children of several former Republican Governors convinced their parents to come out for Obama, as GenJoneser Caroline Kennedy's GenY kids moved her from Hillary to Barack.

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