Many leaders, and far more celebrities, employ “impression-management coaches” (or public relations [PR] agents) when they stick one-or-both feet in their mouths. Mel Gibson did following the anti-Semitic diatribe he launched at the LAPD officer who busted him for DUI. When Kobe Bryant was accused of raping the assistant manager of a hotel he [...]
Before the language of expression, comes the inspiration of first thoughts. Before the dancer creates her first step, she imagines it in her mind. Surprisingly, she may not initially imagine it as bodily movement. Using the dancer-choreographer Martha Graham as an example, we can take a peek into human cognition. And what we find can [...]
If you are like a lot of investors who are anxious, you have become derailed in your thinking in recent weeks, feeling that the bottom might fall out. The recent news seems bad, then good, and then you wonder what can happen next. Anxious investors often focus on what has happened recently and then they [...]
In its healing form, the term "laying on of hands" is based upon biblical precedent set by Jesus Christ. However, both Christian and non-Christian faith healers will lay hands on the sick and dying during prayers for healing. Of course, Christians will invoke the name and spirit of Jesus, the metaphysical agent through which the [...]
Every time I think that cheating in the public sector cannot possibly get worse I get amazed.
Here is a report from the New York Times, that I find just unbelievable.The basic story is that the Interior Department agency responsible for collecting oil and gas royalties has been caught up in a wide-ranging ethics scandal - [...]
