Values

Aging: Giving Up 'Giving Up'

Jim Selman | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Habits, Aging, Fear, Wisdom, Relationship, Values, Retirement, Transformation, Freedom, Future, Prejudice, Resentment, Growing Older, Choice, Eldering, Happiness, Living News

What if wisdom has more to do with 'giving up' our beliefs and attachments than 'getting' more insights or having 'more, better and different' of whatever we think is important?

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Why Values Trump Rules and Regulation

Dov Seidman | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: HOW Online, Business Ethics, Governance, Crisis Management, Values, Government/Politics, Inspiration, Economy, Society, Triumph, Business News

More regulation, and in particular a Consumer Financial Protection Agency, could be a very good thing, but we shouldn't rush to regulation without careful consideration of two key questions.

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EMA's: Introducing the Legacy Award

Kevin George | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Paramount Studios, Walt Disney, Big-Cats, National Geographic, Values, Gorillas, Environment, Walt Disney Company, Environmentalism, Lions, Environmental Media Association, Media, Legacy, Disney, Cheetahs, Debbie Levin, Green News

The Legacy Award celebrates a vision of bringing environmental messages into entertainment -- television, film and music -- to educate and motivate the public.

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Commercial Real Estate: 90% Financing at Low Rates Is Possible

Jerry Chautin | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Commercial Real Estate, Business Condo, Financing, Loan Fees, 7(A), President Barack Obama, Working Capital, Office Building, Cdc, Conventional Loans, Obama Administration, Obama Stimulus, Franchise, Cash Flow, Skating Rink, Certified Development Companies, 80%, Small Business Owners, Warehouse and Retail Store, Credit, Restaurant, 7a, Values, Borrowing Money, Loans, Vacancies, 90%, Business News, Operating Costs, Job Creation, Sba, Bowling Alley, 504, Small Business, Business News

The lesser-known 504 program from the U.S. Small Business Administration can be ideal for small-business owners to buy, build or rehabilitate commercial buildings.

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The Real Lesson from Health Care Reform

William A. Smith | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Values, Health Care Reform, Progressive Values, Sexual Health, Values, Health Care, Politics News

The health care reform debate strikes me as different from past policy fights for what it says about what we as a people value...or don't.

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Prizing Peace

Gangaji | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Open-Minded, Nobel Peace Prize, The Inner Life, Values, Peace, Barack Obama, Nobel Prize, Personal Finance, Living News

The emanation of peace by any one person is a boon to us all. When that person is the leader of the most powerful and sometimes the most dangerous nation in the world, that boon is magnified exponentially.

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"Wow, I'm an American!"

Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 10.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Freedom, Self-Help, Peter Breggin, Values, Psychology, America, Founding Fathers, Constitution, Responsibility, Living News

We've taken the "wow" out of America. It's time to put it back. It's time to be proud to "Live like an American!"

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David Letterman: Overblown

Tracey Jackson | Posted 10.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hypocrisy, Values, David Letterman, Late Night Television, David Letterman Extortion, Sex Scandals, Entertainment News

Another celebrity was caught with a girl under his desk. Who cares?

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Nature Makes Us Nicer People, New Study Says

treehugger.com | Jaymi Heimbuch | Posted 10.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Spaces, Green Living, Relationships, Research, Human-Relationships, Values, Nature, Green, University of Rochester, Outdoors, Human-Connection, Environment, Green News

A new study by the University of Rochester found that after looking at nature scenes, people feel closer to their community, are willing to give more ...

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Sustainability: It's Not About Light Bulbs

Dov Seidman | Posted 10.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Environment, Business Ethics, Governance, Values, Inspiration, Customer Experience, Corporate Social Responsibility/Sustainability, Economy, Society, Business News

We need to reframe and reclaim sustainability to take the term beyond "green" and make it relevant to the work businesspeople do every day.

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America Needs A True Revolution Of Values

David A. Love | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fundamentalism, Evangelical Christians, United Nations, Secession, Green, Green Business, Obama, Health Insurance, Green Energy, Fundamentalists, Fascism, Tax Day Tea Party, Values Voters, Mike Huckabee, Values, Green Technology, Republican Party, Health Care, Tea Party, Carrie Prejean, Jim Demint, Fascist, Environmentalism, Christian Right, Green Living, Barack Obama, Values Voters Summit, Michele Bachmann, Martin Luther King, Family Values, Health Care Reform, Environment, Green News, Value Voters Summit, Bill O'Reilly, Healthcare, Republicans, Marvin Gaye, Politics News

Who made Carrie Prejean and Mike Huckabee the experts on values? What can Sen. Jim DeMint, Bill O'Reilly or Rep. Michele Bachmann teach me on the subject?

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Health Care, Immigrants, and the Character of Our Country

Jim Wallis | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Law, Allison Johnson, Debate, Undocumented Immigrants, President Obama, Scripture, Media, Health Care Plan, Immigration, Immigrants, Christians for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Legislation, Immigration Status, Faith Groups, Fact Checkers, Moral Obligation, Public Policies, Immigrant, Immigrant Children, Christian Scriptures, Members of Congress, Values, Pregnant Women, Policy Debate, Health Care Coverage, Moral Priorities, Teaching, Stranger, Safety Net, Health Care, Christians, Public Policy, Fear, Lying, Subsidies, Politics, Community, Basic Human Needs, Medicaid, Congress, Faith Communities, Migrants, Moral Issue, Reform Legislation, Moral Consideration, Compassion, Jewish, Moral Values, Moral Issues, Moral Mandate, Inclusion, Faith Community, Political Feasibility, Health Care Reform, Hospitals, Undocumented Immigrant, Legal Immigrants, Christian, Health Care System, Politics News

With an issue like health, the faith community has a unique and important role to play -- to define and raise the moral issues beneath the policy debate.

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The Stages of Moral Development

Alan Lurie | Posted 09.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Universal, Hsbc, HSBC Bank, Misfortune, Lawrence Kohlberg, Values, Ethnocentricity, Worldcentric, Morality, Mystical, Conventional, Egocentricism, Living News

Just as life grew evolutionarily, and human beings grow physically, socially, and mentally, we also grow in how we interpret what occurs in our lives -- in our morality.

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How Do Great Companies Make Sure People Are Living the Values?

Jon Younger | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Human Resources, Business, Values, Management, Ethics, Business News

How do you want to be known by your employees, your customers and investors, and the communities in which you operate?

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Legacy: What About the Value of "Your Stuff"?

Rachael Freed | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Elderly, Values, Giving, Materialism, Family Values, Legacy-Writing, Ethical Will, Legacy, Living News

Ethical wills are about values, not valuables. But what about the category of stuff -- of value or not?

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Does Life Have Meaning or Are We Merely Bobbleheads in Bubbleland?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Man’s Search for Meaning, Materialism, Spiritual Journey, Family-Life, Religious Fundamentalists, Spiritual Path, Life Purpose, Moral Values, HIV/AIDS, Religion, Bobbleheads, Values, Illegal Drugs, Unprotected Sex, Jimmy Carter, Intellectualism, Arrest, Living News

The question of life's meaning is a spiritual one -- one that has been largely lost due to the devaluing of spiritual and religious institutions in the country.

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The Legacy of Giving: Teens Practice Philanthropy

Rachael Freed | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Generosity, Philanthropy, Legacy, Giving, Family Values, Values, Ethical Will, Living News

People are more open about sex and death than about money, which may be our last taboo. Though challenging, let's look at the relationship of money, values and legacy.

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Give or Take a Trillion

Jim Selman | Posted 08.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Trillion, Keynesian Philosophy, Bankruptcy, Bailout, Values, Money, Business News

It seems to me that when we enter the realm of staggering numbers that are beyond comprehension such as these, money stops meaning anything.

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Why I Don't Want the Recession to End Yet

Dov Seidman | Posted 08.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Environment, HOW Online, Business Ethics, Governance, Crisis Management, Values, Government/Politics, Inspiration, Dov Seidman, Lrn, Society, Corporate Social Responsibility/Sustainability, Economy, Business News

Now that there are signs of recovery, there's a part of me that doesn't want things to get too good too fast. We could use some more time to understand what went wrong with our economy.

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Indonesia Tries Honesty Policy to Rebuild Trust

Dov Seidman | Posted 08.17.2009 | Business

Read More: HOW Online, Business Ethics, Governance, Values, Government/Politics, Inspiration, Dov Seidman, Customer Experience, Society, Economy, Business News

Nordstrom has a great reputation for customer service because, among other things, the department store trusts people who bring their purchases back to the store and gives them refunds.

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Are You Wasting Your Time On Values Statements?

Marshall Goldsmith | Posted 08.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Suppliers, Respect Fo Rpeople, Strategy, Employees, Return for Shareholders, Inspirational, Johnson & Johnson, Values, Enron, Customer Satisfaction, Innovation, Integrity, Quality, Business News

Companies have wasted millions of dollars and countless hours of employees' time agonizing over the wording of statements that are inscribed on plaques and hung on walls. But this obsession with words belies one very large problem: There is almost no correlation between the words on the wall and the behavior of leaders.

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A Call for Reconnecting With Values

Dov Seidman | Posted 08.13.2009 | Business

Read More: HOW Online, Trust, Dov Seidman, Values, Pope Benedict XVI, Business Ethics, Sustainable, Business News

The Church's social doctrine holds that authentically human social relationships of friendship, solidarity and reciprocity can also be conducted within economic activity.

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Virtues and Character Markings of Future Leaders

John O'Neil | Posted 08.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Future Leaders, Leadership, Future, Virtue, Values, Living News

Future leaders will find work satisfaction expressed in learning contracts. The opportunity to grow whole new aspects of their lives will be a large part of the work motivation of such leaders. Their success will not be measured merely by dollar signs.

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Three Moral Issues of Health Care

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Vision, Capitol Hill, White House, Debate, Family, Children, Scripture, Low Income Families, Legislation, Common Good, Values, Policy Debate, Single Payer, Sin, Health Care, Class, Faith, Private Insurance, Church, Fear, Leaders, Money, Politics, Biblical, Democrat, Congress, Health, Election, Families, Healthcare, Democrats, Moral Issues, Faith Community, Health Insurance, Republicans, Ethics, Partisan Politics, Unions, Medical Care, Partisan, Politics News

With an issue like health, deeply personal but of great public concern, the faith community has a unique and important role to play: to define and raise the moral issues that lay just beneath the policy debate.

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Story of Reusing The City: Welcome to High Line

Richard Laermer | Posted 07.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Values, Parks, Trendspotting, Reuse, Trends, Green Living, High Line, Friends of the High Line, Bryant Park, New York City, New York, New York News

Here, a town with many (other) problems turned an eyesore into what New Yorkers value most -- a public space that cost us nothing out of pocket.

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