Parenting: Not a Popularity Contest

Whether it is placating, pleasing, or atoning for your lack of presence in your child’s life, the cycle of madness needs to stop if you want a functional future. The need for a demanding career -whether to boost your standard of living, massage your ego, or concede to

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Bridging the Gap – Christianity in the New Age

It is inevitable, perhaps unavoidable to pick up newspapers, or tune in to radio or television programs which highlight yet another attack by one religious group against the beliefs of another. Consistently for years one of the primary targets is a group of spiritual and

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The Focus Myth

Individuals gifted with ADD/HD have two activity settings, so to speak: hyper focus and multi-task. Many assume that those with ADD/HD display an overall lack of focus, a misunderstanding which gave us the misnomer of โ€œattention deficitโ€ in the first place, rooted only in

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Confidence or Conceit?

Everyone, at one time or another, has heard someone arguing with conviction. Barely listening to the opposition, only briefly addressing their concerns, simply stating their opinion, considering it the summation of the debate. One need not look beyond our political landscape

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Let the Fireflies Guide You

Oftentimes when we stand upon the precipice of change, it feels like we are standing at twilight. The day is behind us and we are headed into the unknown night, knowing that dawn is on the other side of night, yet it feels so far away. When the thought of experiencing

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So Why Punish the Kids?

After my work pivoted in the mid to late nineties, placing a stronger focus on ADD/HD, I’ve often spoke of how these kids were viewed as a computer virus by the mainframe computer we call public education. These bright, inquisitive, and challenging children exposed the

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Are You Turning Business Away?

Knowing When to Keep You Mouth Shut Company owners large and small need to realize that unless social commentary, religion, or politics is their business, they may want to mind their business. That is, unless they want to lose it. In 2013 Barilla Group, which produces

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The Business Soul

Often we hear the idea of the soulless, faceless corporation. The question is, did corporations ever have souls – and, if so, what happened to them? There was a time when businesses functioned more like extended families. There was a sense of responsibility on both

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The ADD/HDย Employee

As I continue the process of digital decluttering, I found an old article from the Art of Running a Small Business โ€“ Youโ€™re the Boss column in the NY Times. The article was published in 2010, but fortunately it is still available for archive viewing. It is called A.D.H.D.

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