Photo by Alice Pasqual on Unsplash By Andrew Rombach From student loans and mortgages to car payments and credit cards, Americans have a lot of debt. In fact, according to Northwestern Mutual, the average personal debt in this country exceeds $38,000 (excluding mortgages). Most debt is from credit cards and mortgages, each making up 25%. The total consumer [...]
By Marie Miguel. Marie Miguel has been a writing and research expert for nearly a decade, covering a variety of health- related topics. Currently, she is contributing to the expansion and growth of a free online mental health resource with BetterHelp.com. With an interest and dedication to addressing stigmas associated with mental health, she continues to specifically target [...]
Marie Miguel By Marie Miguel. Marie Miguel has been a writing and research expert for nearly a decade, covering a variety of health- related topics. Currently, she is contributing to the expansion and growth of a free online mental health resource with BetterHelp.com. With an interest and dedication to addressing stigmas associated with mental health, [...]
February 18, 1943 to November 21, 2018 I last saw Karen Kay in 2015 and wrote this on Facebook: I had breakfast today with my mother, and Jack and Karen Kay Leonard, pictured here at their wedding (you can see Jack but not Karen Kay's face, my dad is in the background and Rachel Gibson is on [...]
From Entrepreneur, Deep Patel provides an excellent list of 15 traits of unstoppable people. These are my favorites from his list: 2. They develop a clear vision. Every path to success starts with a vision; it’s what gives you direction. It’s your reason for working as hard as you do. Once you have a vision for what you [...]
My dad died three years ago. He was 85 and had slipped dramatically in the year before his death so it was not a surprise to anyone. My dad was a kind, generous, complicated man. When he played with young children, he was exceptional. My godson, Jason, once called him "Mr. Teaserman." Many of my memories [...]
The Seahawks hit the road and traveled to Minnesota for the second time this season for the NFC Wild Card Playoff matchup at TCF Bank Stadium and escape with a 10-9 victory to advance to next Sunday's NFC Divisional round. Source: Wild Card Playoff Gallery at Vikings
Dorie Clark (Photo credit: Richard Cawood) First of all, I have to admit that I've never met Dorie Clark. To be fair, it would probably more accurate to say that I like,respect and admire Dorie Clark's work. But that would be an understatement. Several years ago, I started reading Dorie's stuff on on Harvard Business Review and on Forbes and [...]
As 2013 begins, it seems to be an appropriate time to appraise the process for both making and keeping New Year’s resolutions. I have not been one who made or kept New Year’s resolutions in part because they seemed trite and it was easier to be self-deprecating and say that they only lasted one day. [...]
