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I spent the spring preparing to take two exams. I had been thinking for a while about becoming a Project Management Professional. To do this requires passing a difficult certification exam. But after stepping into a management role last fall, I began to see the PMP certification as an important vehicle to strengthen my program…
While they’re working, many Americans become accustomed to getting health insurance through their employer. They make their initial selections and then update their choices once a year when its time to renew and during life events like adding to the family or, perhaps, starting a new job. But virtually all U.S. residents face a milestone…
By Tim Jon Maybe someday I’ll make it inside; I considered it a quantum leap on my part to actually stop at the property, take a look around, and get a few interesting perspectives with the camera. You see, I had simply passed by this local landmark so many times without further investigation that it…
By Michael Oberschneider, Psy.D. “Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, when the eager passions of youth are cooled, and the infirmities of age not yet begun; as we see that the shadows, which are morning and evening so large, almost entirely disappear at midday.” – Eleanor Roosevelt The Canadian…
By Samuel Moore-Sobel As promised, I’m back this month with more thoughts about leadership. I just finished the book How to Lead by David Rubenstein. The author is a leader – a lawyer turned entrepreneur who founded the private equity firm, The Carlyle Group. “Sometimes lightning strikes for those who take chances,” he writes. In his book,…
Preparing for a planned or unplanned life event during these challenging times may beg the question: “What’s the biggest threat to my financial stability?” Job loss likely comes to mind, perhaps followed by a serious illness or a natural disaster. But, lack of cash flow should make the list too. Consider cash flow and liquidity…
By Michael Oberschneider, Psy.D. As a psychologist, I frequently work with children and teens involved in competitive team sports, and while there are certainly advantages to being a great athlete, there can also be a number of challenges. The Good The positives of youth sports are manifold. Research studies have shown that highly athletic children…
By Tim Jon Tradition, steadfastness, physical and spiritual comfort, moral strength, reverence, timelessness: these are some of the first qualities that come to mind (mine, anyway) whenever I pass a familiar, long-standing place of worship. I found all of the above and more on my last visit to the grounds of the New Jerusalem Lutheran…
“I waited for a half century to tell my story,” Dr. Lise Deguire writes in her memoir, Flashback Girl. After reading this book in just two days, I can tell you that it was well worth the wait. Dr. Deguire is a burn survivor. Her book begins with the accident that changed her life forever – a…
By Tim Jon One of my favorite memories of my Dad is watching him run from our family car to catch (on foot, guys!) and jump onto a departing Fire Truck; we’d just been to the local Dairy Queen for after-dinner ice-milk treats, when the fire whistle blew (this was decades before the pager, the…