Reading List: Rethinking Positive Thinking
First published in 1952, Norman Vincent Peale’s The Power of Positive Thinking birthed a philosophy rooted in the belief that a positive outlook attracts a positive outcome and that visualizing the positive while rejecting negative thinking will increase your chances of success and wish fulfillment. Having spent more than 20 years studying how optimism affects […]
Tech Tools: More Byte for Your Buck
[[{“type”:”media”,”view_mode”:”media_large”,”fid”:”29318″,”attributes”:{“alt”:””,”class”:”media-image”,”height”:”396″,”typeof”:”foaf:Image”,”width”:”480″}}]] Apple iPhone 5c (VerizonWireless.com) Yes, we know. There’s a brand-new iPhone model tempting you to upgrade, but there always is, and when Apple made the 5c, the company was able to distill what was great about previously pricier models into a good-looking, relatively budget-friendly option. That’s when the 5c was new. Now it’s a […]
Reading List: The Woman I Wanted to Be
Sixteen years since her first memoir was published, Diane von Furstenberg is releasing her second, because she wants “every woman to know that she can be the woman she wants to be.” The fashion icon, designer, philanthropist, wife, mother and grandmother became just that through marriage to a prince and later a media mogul, a […]
Could Your Biz Idea Win $200,000? These Guys Would Know…
College kids are always looking for an extra buck or two, right? So it made sense when a group of buddies started a small student moving service at Auburn University. Some pocket cash and a lot of heavy lifting later, they graduated. But the guys had an itch that this was an untapped market they […]
The Perfect Graduation Speech: Look Back and Look Ahead
Step by step, dressed in black robes and hats, they enter the arena in single file. First the A’s. Then the B’s. Then the C’s. And on it goes, until every soon-to-be graduate is standing in front of his or her chair. It is fall commencement, which takes place every December. The arena is packed. Families […]
