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Entries from July 9th, 2008

Priorities

July 9th, 2008 · Comments Off on Priorities · Older Essays

From the front lines of mothering, “Mom, question.” My twelve year old, Thomas prefaces his queries this way. He is a logical and practical thinker who prefers to get right to the point with all matters. Especially important ones. I need to do this, where can I find that and what if I were to…I […]

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Pushing the tide

July 9th, 2008 · Comments Off on Pushing the tide · He said, She said

The New York Times has an article called, “If you are open to growth you tend to grow.” Worth a read, twice. If not, being scrappy pays off. Define your talent set by continually working at expanding it.  According to research people tend to operate from a a fixed mind set or a growth mind […]

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How much is a penny?

July 9th, 2008 · Comments Off on How much is a penny? · Older Essays

From the Economist, “The extra cent a pound is the first pay increase workers have received in 30 years. Even with it, a picker would have to fill 15 32-pound buckets an hour to earn Florida’s minimum wage of $6.79.” Seasonal workers don’t make much. And is three decades is a rather long time to […]

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Casting calls

July 9th, 2008 · Comments Off on Casting calls · Older Essays

More than one news story has covered Vogue Italia’s using only black models in one issue. Is it groundbreaking, will it sell, is it a marketing ploy and so forth. Click here for the MSNBC report. But here is a different story that you may not have read from the BBC about dalit women who […]

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