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All I’m asking is for a little respect
Radio personality and motivational speaker Earl Nightingale said, “Treat every person as the most important person on Earth.” This may seem counterintuitive. Doesn’t it make sense to only treat people...
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Break free from the digital echo chamber shaping your perspective
In his book, Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl (writing at a time when “man” meant “a person”) tells us, “There are two races of men in the world, but only these two – the ‘race’ of decent men...
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Washing away the poisons of the human condition
Buddhism tells us there are three poisons: greed, hatred and delusion. Studying history and the world around us, we can see that most of our problems are rooted in these evils. It is also interesting...
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Raphael Lemkin: the man who coined the word genocide
I recently asked my Grade 12 students if Raphael Lemkin, the man who coined the term “genocide”, was a great man. What I got in response from my students was quite thought provoking. Everyone seemed to...
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A spirit of hope shines through tragedy in the Congo
Civil war has been going on since the mid-1990s in the Congolese region and as many as six million people may have died in the conflict. The rape of women, children and even men is common. The United...
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Why dissent and respect must always go hand in hand
“Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch. Deal ye one with another with the utmost love and harmony, with friendliness and fellowship,” said the great spiritual leader Baha’u’llah....
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Finding the niche that will make your business successful
The line “You can’t be all things to all people” comes from this poem: You can’t be all things to all people. You can’t do all things at once. You can’t do all things equally well. You can’t do all...
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How consumers can leverage change, even in the face of tragedy
As the Christmas season approaches, it’s important to be aware of the power we hold in how we spend our money. As consumers, we invest in products we believe will serve us best. Companies may try to...
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There is no ‘us’ or ‘them. Polarization is a myth we can escape
We live in a time of great polarization – but there is a way out. While the post-Second World War era promised prosperity to all, in recent years we’ve seen a decline in real wages for the common...
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Bring out the best in others by bringing out the best in yourself
“You get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want,” said writer and motivational speaker Zig Ziglar. There’s tremendous depth to this statement and as...
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