If All the World’s a Stage, Own Your Show

What does it mean to make your own show?   Derek Lumpkins talked about the long history of African Americans in Boston—a deeply rooted, fascinating and parallel alternative to the mainstream “Paul Revere” narrative we usually hear, when he was on my show, Intercultural Spark, last Thanksgiving. A week later he was on Chris Brogan’s…

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Trouble Focusing? Start with Service

I don’t know about you, but the Facebook/Instagram/What’s App outage on Monday was a little bit of a relief. For six-plus hours there were no distractions (except for a quick foray over to Twitter to see what was up with Facebook). It conjured images of a modern-day interpretation of that Twilight Zone episode of the…

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How One Idea Can Touch Millions

Did you ever see something big and established, and think “Wow. They did a great job!”   Breast Cancer Awareness Month is like that for me.   It started in 1985, as a partnership between the American Cancer Society and the pharmaceutical division of Imperial Chemical Industries (now part of AstraZeneca), a leading manufacturer of…

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The First Responder to First Responders, Dahlia Fahmy of Sports & Ortho

It all started when Dahlia’s dad gave her a hard time about getting her allowance. “I’ll just make my own money,” she thought. For Dahlia Fahmy, that means being the founder and owner of one of the largest woman-owned physical therapy practices in Chicagoland, Sports and Ortho Physical Therapy. See how she transforms lives and keeps people at the top of their game with deep knowledge and industry innovation.

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Changing Your Attitude from the Outside

My mom loves to get “fapitzed.”   Getting fapitzed is one of my mom’s favorite things to do. Fapitzed is Yiddish for getting “all dolled up.” Your fancy dress and big girl shoes, make-up and sparkly earrings! I loved it when Amber Ruffin (host of The Amber Ruffin Show and former head writer/star on Late…

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