In my numerous leadership roles, I’ve worked with many people who are bottom-line-oriented folks. They are the take-no-prisoners kind of people we’ve all been exposed to. Consider this scenario: “What does this diagnosis mean?” asks the patient. “It means you’re gonna ...
Having run not-for-profit organizations for the better part of my life, I have come to appreciate something that might take others a lifetime to grasp. You see, I never owned the places where I worked. It was very clear to me that, be it a school, an arts center, a tourism bureau, a ...
When I arrived at college, I quickly realized that if I wanted to attain any type of outstanding student status like I had in high school, it would take a lot of work. My grade point average was solid, and my work ethic was strong, but in the arts, you needed something else. I ...
When I was born, American consumerism and our incredible accumulation of stuff was born, too. Up until then, our country was very frugal. We recycled everything, bought recapped tires, and grew and then canned our vegetables and fruit. Heck, my parents even used tea bags more than once. Our ...
America’s health care system prioritizes sickness over wellness and prevention. According to the Commonwealth Fund, despite spending the highest percentage of gross domestic product on health care, the United States ranks last among 11 of the wealthiest countries in the world. The ...
Our address was the corner of Water and Maple streets in East Liberty. Well, the mailing address was Dickerson Run, but everyone who lives there knows it’s East Liberty. Liberty for short. Even the elementary school I attended had the name East Liberty Elementary carved directly into the ...
