Posts Tagged ‘difference’

9/11 Anniversary: Time to Bring Peace into Your Life

Today is the 8th anniversary of 9/11, that fateful day when two planes demolished the World Trade Center in New York.Everyone remembers just where they were when they heard the news. I was working in the City of London at the time and watched the world-changing events unfolding on a screen at a hairdressing salon. There was an eerie silence all around as we watched in shock, hardly… Continue reading

September 11 2009 | By Arvind | Tagged: change, difference, diversity, forgiveness, growth, peace, self-development | 20 comments»

How to Make Yourself Indispensable

Let me ask you a question: could you disappear? If you didn’t show up at work tomorrow, if you weren’t home at 6:00 for dinner, if nobody ever heard from or saw you again, would it matter?

OK, these are depressing things to think about, but that’s exactly how many people feel, day in and day out, in their jobs and even at home. They feel unappreciated, unchallenged… Continue reading

June 16 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: difference, growth, indispensable, self-development, social | 26 comments»

12 Ways to Help Make MLK’s Dream a Reality

Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the United States, a federal holiday. We remember Dr. King as a civil rights leader, a rousing speaker,and an advocate of non-violent resistance. Best remembered of all his works, though, is his "I have a dream" speech. King dreamed that one day, race would be irrelevant to an individual's opportunities in life.

That hasn't happened, not in the United… Continue reading

January 21 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: difference, interaction, mlk, racism, society | 24 comments»