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A child’s first word may be “mama.”  Or “dada.”  But it doesn’t take long until their favorite word is “no.”  When that phase is done, many children love the next word: “why?” Why’s that? Ingrained deep in the fabric of human nature is a quest for meaning.  A child asks “why” when they are told […]

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Human history has sailed through the industrial age.  And the information age.  What age do we find ourselves living in today? Professors Cailin O’Connor and James Owen Weatherall believe that we are currently living in “The Misinformation Age.” Trust is eroding from our culture in painful ways.  Life-shattering scandals are exposed so regularly that you […]

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Great leaders are often heralded for their public skills.  Speaking.  Writing.  Vision casting.  Innovation.  All of these are good and necessary. Yet we all know that they aren’t enough. Just like Katherine famously told Jack in the Broadway play, The Newsies. “Being a boss doesn’t mean you have all the answers, just the brain to […]

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Have you ever looked out over the water and it seemed as though it was moving in one direction?  Or another?  Or maybe switching directions even as you watch? Water currents don’t work that way.  Streams flow in one direction.  Even though major bodies of water like Lake Michigan may have a shift in current, […]

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Have you ever seen a person tattooed with the word “quitter?”  Never giving up is about as American as apple pie. So why are so many people quitting?  We are currently in the middle of what social scientists are calling “The Great Resignation.” The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that over four million Americans […]

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