It was 1967 and the Civil Rights Movement was at a tipping point. On this particular evening, African, American leaders were meeting at an NAACP fundraiser in Beverly Hills, California. That’s when a woman named Nichelle Nichols turned around and saw Martin Luther King, Jr. smiling at her. Nichols was an actress and a singer. […]
For each of the books below, I have assigned a rating and written a three sentence review, which summarizes my thoughts about why I did or did not enjoy the book. At the end of each review, I have included a link to the book on Amazon so that you can read additional reviews and […]
In the summer of 2010, Rachelle Friedman was preparing for one of the best periods of her life. She was recently engaged, surrounded by her best friends, and enjoying her bachelorette party. Friedman and her friends were spending the day at the pool when one of them playfully pushed her into the shallow end of […]
One way to think about work-life balance is with a concept known as The Four Burners Theory. Here’s how it was first explained to me: Imagine that your life is represented by a stove with four burners on it. Each burner symbolizes one major quadrant of your life. The first burner represents your family. The […]
Three months after it began, the procedure had cut the infection rate of I.C.U. patients by sixty six percent. Within 18 months, this one method had saved 75 million dollars in healthcare expenses. Best of all, this single intervention saved the lives of more than 1500 people in just a year and a half. Almost […]