“It’s important to listen both to understand the details of what happened, because remembering the victims and accepting the truth is important to survivor communities, and it’s also important just to make sure people feel heard. Sometimes it’s important for closure, sometimes it’s important as part of a process, sometimes it’s important for reasons that… Read More
“What people need to do is look at their lives through that lens ‘How much of what I do is intentional and how much of what I do is routine? How much of what I do is considered and how much of what I do is simply a function of I did it that way yesterday,… Read More
“Anybody offering their truth to the world is a generous act. It doesn’t have to be perfectly wrought or perfectly abstractly conceptualized. But offering your authentic take on the world is just a gift, really. We don’t get a lot of honesty in the world. And emotional honesty is even rarer.” — Sara Mansfield Taber… Read More
“Life is filled with great diversity. You see it all through nature. When we as people take the opportunity to respect and appreciate the diversity that we have as humans, we have the power to build a better and more just society.” — Angela Hayes Angela Hayes is the owner of Collins Hayes Management and… Read More
“I always like to say ‘Stay vocal, stay local,’ that focusing on the issues in your most immediate community . . . it never seems to get the recognition it deserves but it’s always the most transformative role that we can play in our society.” —Albert Cahn Albert Cahn serves as the legal director for… Read More
“We all do the best we can. And I think whatever someone decides to do is the right step for them. But speaking out does have an impact. And I know that sharing my story brought comfort to many women, brought accountability to one man in particular, got legislation passed, and I think served as… Read More
Most of us don’t have literacy — we weren’t trained in school to be literate — in the language of transformation, in the basic math and ABCs of transformation. So how do I learn to listen to my silent thoughts and feelings and track them down to core assumptions that are actually limiting? That if… Read More
One of the things that will be incredibly important this year, in 2018, is everyone’s action to vote. And to vote out the people who don’t support our issues and vote in the people who do. Because this year has really shown people that politics touches your life, whether or not you like it. It… Read More
Everybody’s going to have to do tax planning now. At least for the first year or two — to see what, if anything, they can do to reduce their tax obligation. Even if they’re going to get a savings automatically, just from being who they are with the tax laws the way they’re going to… Read More
An agricultural economist, Andrea, leaves her job at UN’s World Food Program in Rome. She packs up her bags and her husband and moves to León, Nicaragua intent on learning Spanish and founding an agricultural business. Before she knows it, our entrepreneur is running the high-end Twin Engines Coffee company. Twin Engines educates Nicaraguans on… Read More
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