By Garrett Gunderson Hard economic times provide excellent strategic opportunities for entrepreneurs who are willing to buck conventional wisdom. Here are a few ways to do that. 1. Raise Salaries When so many employers are reducing their workforces and cutting salaries, step up by showing your employees how much you value Human Capital … [Read more...]
Six Counterintuitive Ways For Entrepreneurs to Trump a Tough Economy
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Unalienable Rights: They Have Nothing to Do With Aliens
December 7, 2010 by 4 Comments
By Kyle Roberts In my constitution classes I always ask the participants to define a "right.” The catch is they have to do it without using the word “right.” In my experience, whenever people are talking about rights, it is always in the context of a right to something: a right to life, to bear arms, to liberty, to property, to freely … [Read more...]
Sunday Poem: I know the truth — give up all other truths! by Marina Tsvetayeva
December 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Explore the Sunday Poem archives here. I know the truth -- give up all other truths! Marina Tsvetayeva I know the truth - give up all other truths! No need for people anywhere on earth to struggle. Look - it is evening, look, it is nearly night: what do you speak of, poets, lovers, generals? The wind is level now, the earth is wet … [Read more...]
The New America
December 3, 2010 by 2 Comments
By Oliver DeMille The Age of Dependence We have recently changed as a people, and as a nation. I’m not sure exactly when the change occurred, but we are living in the new reality it has created. On the one hand, we have always been a nation dedicated to positive change. America was founded by breaking from the old world and … [Read more...]
The Power of Perseverance
December 2, 2010 by 1 Comment
By Orrin Woodward The story of Dwight Eisenhower is a long series of assignments with no glory and the power of perseverance in waiting for his opportunity. At 50 years of age he was a lieutenant colonel and nearing the end of his career. Had it not been for World War II no one would remember his name except for a few military … [Read more...]
If We Had Less, Could We Do More?
December 1, 2010 by 1 Comment
By Chris Brady I once heard a fascinating presentation from Erik Weihenmayer, the blind mountain climber who summited not only Mt. Everest, but all the other tallest peaks on the planet. Weihenmayer and his team of 21 members set a world record by having 19 of them make the summit. What was more incredible than Weihenmayer's feats of … [Read more...]
Becoming Who You Already Are
November 30, 2010 by 1 Comment
By Steve D'Annunzio When the French philosoper Rene Descartes coined the phrase “cogito ergo sum”—“I think, therefore I am”—in 1637, he struck a blow to the evolution of spiritual man. The truth of the matter is precisely opposite; the fundamental statement should read, “I am, therefore I think.” Descartes reversed being with a function … [Read more...]
Concise Keys to Living a Prosperous Life
November 29, 2010 by Leave a Comment
By Garrett Gunderson Our ideal world will never be realized as long as we are in financial bondage, both because of our personal choices and because of social myths concerning finances. The way out of financial bondage is easier and closer to home than it may seem at times. The power to kill the sacred cows of social myths is within us, … [Read more...]
Sunday Poem: I Am the Great Sun by Charles Causley
November 28, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Explore the Sunday Poem archives here. I Am the Great Sun Charles Causley I am the great sun, but you do not see me, I am your husband, but you turn away. I am the captive, but you do not free me, I am the captain but you will not obey. I am the truth, but you will not believe me, … [Read more...]
Breaking Free of the Two-Party System, Part 2: Solutions
November 26, 2010 by 4 Comments
By Kyle Roberts This is part two of a two-part series. Read Part 1 here. There are two fundamental reasons why this system has so much power: The parties are intimately connected with government operation of elections—from filling vacancies, to making appointments, to placing candidates on the ballot, and controlling the choices … [Read more...]
