Transforming is Unreasonable Quite awhile ago I wrote several articles about change and I used the concept of REASONABLE Change. Last week I attended a seminar on transformation and rediscovered a whole new way of looking at the world. The great transformers in history did not behave reasonably. In fact, they were quite unreasonable in [...]
Human behavior is a fascinating subject. Support for that statement comes through a story from Miller-McCune magazine, an article that ties sneezing to the current debate on health care reform.
Legislative committee sets agenda for 2010 In 2009, the St. Joseph County EDC formed a Legislative Committee made up of six board members. It is chaired by Ken Jones of Wightman Petrie and other members include: Gary Black, RGB Network Services; Bob Montgomery, Manufacturing Management Associates; Rob Olsen, Sturgis Public Schools; Daryl Threadgill, Abbot; and [...]
Plan, Do, Finish, Rest. Living in Harmony With Earth A Weekly Almanac Guide Weekend of January 23-24, 2010 Click on the link to access this feature from Larry-Michael and Becky Lynn Hackenberg – The Cycles of Earth – January 23, 2010
It’s the Space not the Box: Last week I wrote about the Rider and the Elephant. This week I want to touch on another aspect of decision-making that we often get backwards. In a recent meeting friend and colleague Zeke Lopez, an advisor to over 150 corporations that range in size from a few hundred [...]
To the Editor: Conscious of what has been a political effort to demonize the “rich” and institute punitive tax structures to gain the revenues needed to balance the budgets, causes me to write both in defense and praise of persons who have taken the initiative to work within our free enterprise system to become financially [...]
The Rider and the Elephant: Everyday we make hundreds of decisions. I would like to think that I make the majority of my decisions using the reasoning skills I have developed over my 59+ years on God’s Green Earth. I know, however, that my rationality is often replaced by raw emotion. That creates the conundrum [...]
Plan, Do, Finish, Rest. Living in Harmony With Earth A Weekly Almanac Guide Weekend of January 16-17, 2010 Click on the link to access this feature from Larry-Michael and Becky Lynn Hackenberg – The Cycles of Earth – January 16, 2010
The past weekend included reading that yielded three items that may be of interest to you as a reader of the River Country Journal. Time will tell, of course – if you decide to explore them. Here are links for doing so:
Plan, Do, Finish, Rest. Living in Harmony With Earth A Weekly Almanac Guide Weekend of January 9-10, 2010 Click on the link to access this feature from Larry-Michael and Becky Lynn Hackenberg – The Cycles of Earth – January 9, 2010
It’s finally 2010. Another new decade is here! I know there are some people who say it won’t be a new decade until next year but I’m very glad to be out of the oughties! I want to make some prediction for this new decade. I hope everyone will save this article and hold my [...]
Jeanne Reed, a professor of sociology at Glen Oaks Community College, has announced a 14-day trip in May to the British Isles. Students and members of the public may join the 2010 tour entitled “The Britannia” as part of the Travel and Study Abroad (SSF 200) program through Glen Oaks.
“I believe very strongly that problems in your community are solved at home, by you, by your neighbors, by the people in those communities.” — Dafna Michaelson “Sunday Morning” on CBS is one of my favorite television programs. While viewing today’s (January 3rd) show, I was impressed by a report from Barry Peterson entitled “Spreading [...]
By Mr. Jack P. McHugh and Mr. Michael D. LaFaive (Editor’s note: This entry is adapted from an article that originally appeared on Industrialpolicy.org.) Reams of empirical evidence indicate that when it comes to increasing the prosperity and opportunities of the people in a state, nation or society, government “economic development” programs fall far short [...]
The start of a New Year often spurs hope for positive change and improvement. After a year that was quite a challenge, many of us, I am sure, have a strong desire for 2010 to bring “positive change and improvement,” particularly in terms of the economy and employment.
Plan, Do, Finish, Rest. Living in Harmony With Earth A Weekly Almanac Guide Weekend of January 2-3, 2010 Click on the link to access this feature from Larry-Michael and Becky Lynn Hackenberg – The Cycles of Earth – January 2, 2010
Reborn for a Better New Year: How do we make 2010 better than 2009? Some folks will say “that won’t be hard!” I believe however, that there are some very definite things we can do on a daily basis to make our lives better every day in the future.
Are you an avid or even a “sometimes” listener of National Public Radio (NPR)? Then you’ll be interested to know that veteran NPR newscaster Carl Kasell will deliver his final newscast on Wednesday (December 30th).
The Three Rivers Lions Club completed its Christmas Food Box project with distribution activity that took place on Saturday, December 19th, at the Lions Community Service Center on Sixth Avenue. Doug Gross, chairman of the project, prepared the following “thank you” message to express appreciation to those who supported the effort in a variety of [...]
Christmas morning surfing on the Internet led me to a book that I intend to put on my reading list for 2010. Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness is by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein.
