Sports and Politics Are Trending in the Same Direction

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In the 1980’s sports was a huge part of my life. The teenage years: the formative years, our rite of passage from childhood into adolescence.  As kids we played outside from the moment we got home from school until our mothers called us in for dinner, only to return outside until the fading sun gave [...]

Accessing the Bank of Goodwill for Auction Items

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It’s likely that you’ve heard about the upcoming Charity Event I am helping put together, with The Hungry Dudes, on behalf of World Clothes Line. Over the past couple of weeks we have shared videos, blog posts, and event details on what is shaping up to be a fabulous evening. I’ve been asked by more [...]

WORLD CLOTHES LINE CHARITY NIGHT

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Revitalization Efforts for Detroit Happening in the Most Unusual Places

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This blog is co-authored by: David Benjamin and Mitzi Lawrence Schwabe Back around February of 2009 is when it all started for me. A struggling recruiter with no direction and an empty feeling inside; something had to change. The increased frequency of resumes hitting my inbox with yet another sad story was really taking a [...]

How Expectations Frame our Experiences

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I find it interesting how we get let down when we have high expectations, but when we expect the worse we often become pleasantly surprised. It happens in our personal lives as well as in our business. The other day I watched the screening of Catfish (trailer found here) and was intrigued by the reaction [...]

Fall Clean-up Checklist Part II

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Who doesn’t love fall? You have cider and donuts, college and pro football, and the changing of our landscape in pretty reds, yellows, and oranges. If you read Part I of the Fall Clean-up, you know I shared some fairly obvious goals to think about including your career, fitness, and time management. In Part II, [...]