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You Need Money to Make Money

January 31, 2014 By David Griesing 4 Comments

The promise of a free market is that you can get ahead with hard work and sound investment. In other words, you need your hard-earned money (or “working capital”) to make more money. But if you’re not earning enough to have money left over in … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Entrepreneurship, Work & Life Rewards Tagged With: American dream, aristocracy, class, class division, cultural divide, hard work, income inequality, meritocracy, promise, savings

Thanks

January 6, 2014 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

There is always some let down when the holidays are over. With snow and ice and the coldest day Philadelphia has seen in awhile “on tap” for later today, the outlook can seem pretty bleak when you don’t bring some lightheartedness into it. The … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Daily Preparation Tagged With: anticipation, gratefulness, gratitude, old and new, summing up, thanks, year-end

Tallying Up

December 28, 2013 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

It’s the time of year to tally up what we’ve accomplished and what we haven’t, what we might have done differently, or not at all. Perhaps because of that, Todd May contributed an op-ed to the New York Times a few days ago in which he pondered the … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Part of Something Bigger than Yourself, Building Your Values into Your Work, Heroes & Other Role Models, Work & Life Rewards Tagged With: Alternative Christmas Message, connection, courage, Edward Snowden, life's trajectory, marking time, peak year, year-end review

“Dreaming Different Dreams”

December 12, 2013 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

Along with all the other reasons that were given, Jang Song Thaek was purged from North Korea’s leadership this week for “dreaming different dreams.” According to a government statement, he “used drugs;” left home to “squander foreign currency at … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Part of Something Bigger than Yourself, Work & Life Rewards Tagged With: affiliation, belief, belonging, better world, culture, irony

Between a Practical and an Enriching Education

November 24, 2013 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

The cultivation of your mind & spirit and your preparation for a job are always in tension in higher education. With a crippling recession and the rising cost of a college degree, there seems to be a higher emphasis than ever on vocational … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Continuous Learning, Entrepreneurship, Heroes & Other Role Models Tagged With: continuous learning, education, entrepreneur, liberal arts education, MOOC, Sebastian Thrun, Udacity, vocational education

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