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Scaling Up Social Innovation - Lessons Learned

Sameer Hajee | Posted 05.07.2013 | Impact
Sameer Hajee

In 2012, after 3 years of improving our technology and our business model, we finally started to scale beyond the pilot.

WATCH: Avoid A Big Relationship Mistake With One Of Oprah’s Favorite Life Lessons

OWN | Posted 03.14.2013 | OWN

Even with all of the life lessons she’s learned, not even Oprah is immune to having a bad relationship. Many years ago, she was talking to Dr. Maya ...

5 Lessons About Navigating Change

Juliana Stock | Posted 05.10.2013 | Healthy Living
Juliana Stock

Change is like going on an expedition: It can be a trudge or a hike. Take it all in and enjoy the view, or focus on the faults -- it's absolutely a choice. Here are some lessons I've learned about encountering change, some by resisting it and some by jumping into it with two feet.

Lessons From Herman: A Dog's Life

Kiran Chetry | Posted 05.04.2013 | Media
Kiran Chetry

For those who met Herman even once... he had your heart. He was a clown. He had a joy de vivre that made him seem almost human.

What Every Advocate Can Learn from 'Gangnam Style'

Impatient Optimists | Posted 04.29.2013 | Impact
Impatient Optimists

"Gangnam Style" - a global phenomenon. If you haven't seen or heard of it, take a moment to watch this music video from Korean K-pop rapper PSY. Pho...

Don't Bother Me If You Stub Your Toe

Alicia Garey | Posted 04.03.2013 | Healthy Living
Alicia Garey

I'm still absorbing the impact and distilling the multitude of details that became the focus of last year. I'm still growing my eyelashes back (nature is funny like that), and there are a couple of fun-filled appointments with my plastic surgeon in the near future.

You Just Never Know

Jean Grossman | Posted 03.31.2013 | Healthy Living
Jean Grossman

On a rainy Sunday evening I returned from St. Michael's Medical Center in Newark, having visited my brother, who had a heart attack the night before. The upshot -- which of course I'll make positive, since that's how I view life -- is this.

14 Life Lessons From ... Math Class?

Lisa Arends | Posted 12.21.2012 | Healthy Living
Lisa Arends

The truth is that most of us will never use the myriad of math facts and algorithms in our post-school lives. However, that does not mean that math does not have some valuable lessons for us.

The 5 Heartaches Everyone Needs To Have

Posted 11.04.2012 | OWN

By Leigh Newman Columnist Leigh Newman looks at a few crucial lows that ensure we'll reach the higher, more glory-filled peaks. 1. The Time They...

Why I Don't Love Surfing, But Am Awfully Glad I Tried

MeiMei Fox | Posted 12.06.2012 | Healthy Living
MeiMei Fox

People gushed when I said I was going to Costa Rica for three months in 2007 to write, do yoga, and learn how to surf -- especially about the surfing part. "Oh my God, you're going to love it! You're going to get addicted! Surfing is the most amazing sport ever!"

Putting It Into Words

Ruth Neubauer | Posted 11.24.2012 | Healthy Living
Ruth Neubauer

Short of speaking the words in person, putting repentance in writing, writing it in my own hand and delivering it in person was a lesson learned early.

14 Simple Rules For Parenting A Teenager

Lisa Endlich Heffernan | Posted 09.24.2012 | Fifty
Lisa Endlich Heffernan

Parenting teens can be an emotional whirlwind and in the heat of the battle it is easy to forget lessons learned the hard way.

10 Life Lessons From 2 Powerful Pooches

Domenick Scudera | Posted 08.28.2012 | Healthy Living
Domenick Scudera

Two special guys are in my life: my dogs, Festus and Cyrus. Festus is a three-legged pit bull/Rottweiler. Cyrus is a tiny terrier born without front legs. These dogs are my greatest teachers. Here are some of the simple lessons that I have learned from them.

Lessons on Leadership: The University of Virginia Fires a President

Terry Newell | Posted 08.22.2012 | College
Terry Newell

The university will survive this difficult period. Yet UVA's leaders, including Sullivan, would do well to identify the lessons about leadership to be learned from this episode.

Lessons My First Place Taught Me

Melanie Deziel | Posted 08.21.2012 | College
Melanie Deziel

When I heard that there are some hard lessons you just can't prepare for when you get your first place, I took it as a challenge. But there are some things that the only real way to prepare is to be prepared to learn.

More Surprising Advice From a Centenarian: Go With the Flow

Ellie Knaus | Posted 06.16.2012 | Healthy Living
Ellie Knaus

My great-aunt's life proves that going with the flow doesn't mean being passive; it means pursuing what makes you happy and having the courage to adapt when things don't go as planned.

The Right Place at the Right Time

Irene Tanner | Posted 06.13.2012 | Healthy Living
Irene Tanner

A close friend of my mother's generation used to insist that a woman who reveals her age will reveal anything. Since I say that I am devoted to transparency, isn't this the right time and place for me to fess up to every one of my god-given gift of 85 years?

Life Lessons Learned Early: Fess Up When You Mess Up

Julia Landauer | Posted 04.23.2012 | Healthy Living
Julia Landauer

My ego didn't like admitting my mistakes. It still doesn't! It's embarrassing. I don't like being wrong. It's always easier to blame other people. In the long run, however, I know I am much better off having learned this lesson.

The 'Surprises' of the Japanese Crisis and the Investment Lessons to Learn

Gemma Godfrey | Posted 10.26.2011 | Business
Gemma Godfrey

Surprise consequences to the earthquake in Japan have revealed significant weaknesses in both the worlds of politics and business and from an investment point of view, there are lessons we can learn.

Rock Duo Matt & Kim Offer Some Sidewalk Talk in NYC

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Jon Chattman

Despite delivering offbeat rock gems like "Daylight" and new single "Cameras," on and off stage couple Matt & Kim live and breathe hip hop.

Lessons Learned from Managing a Dozen Interns

Danny Wong | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Danny Wong

When it comes to hiring, it's important for both parties to have vested interest in each other, because an imbalance of interest can put the relationship in an awkward position.

Exxon Lessons for the BP Spill

William Dietrich | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
William Dietrich

Corralling an oil spill is like putting fog in a bag. Based on Alaska's experience, what might we expect in the Gulf as the oil platform disaster worsens?

Unrequited Love: It's a Bitch, But So Am I, So Why Did It Catch Me So Off Guard?

Gena Grish | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Gena Grish

Looking back on things, I should have seen the signs. We never went on an actual date, he never met my any of my friends, and I'm pretty sure that all of my guy friends said that there had to be another woman.

"Window Seat" or Much Badu About Nothing

Rob Fields | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Rob Fields

Erykah Badu's latest video, in which the singer strips naked as she strolls through downtown Dallas, is clever, but it's also oozing ego. It purports to be about more than it really is.

5 Amazing Lessons I've Learned About Perseverance

Carolyn Rubenstein | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Carolyn Rubenstein

It may seem trite, but my personal reminder in this endeavor is really quite simple: Ignore the Rain. Look for the Rainbow.