Miscellaneous Resources

Miscellaneous is an overarching term.  There are many things that don’t fit neatly into one category or that have a special unique resonance.  I’ve used this space to highlight these issues.

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Today is my 57th birthday. Time sure does fly by in life. I’ve always felt that birthdays are a good time to step back and reflect on your life. For me, this…
Donald T. Phillips in his wonderful book, Martin Luther King on Leadership, does a nice job providing significant detail as to why Martin Luther King (MLK) was a great leader. We…
Sadly, my dad passed away this past weekend. He was 84 and lived a full life. Many times he commented to me that he couldn’t believe he lived this long. …

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Chapter 1: Thought and Character “A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.” “Man is made or unmade by himself. In the armory…

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Free Legal Forms and Agreements. Legal language is complex by nature, but we strive to make it easy to create various contracts and agreements at a fracture of a price by providing free fillable legal forms and simple step-by-step tools. Our goal is to help Americans save 1 billion dollars in legal fees every year. Not sure where to start? Check our lists of legal documents and fillable PDF forms.

The Greater Good Science Center studies the psychology, sociology, and neuroscience of well-being, and teaches skills that foster a thriving, resilient, and compassionate society.

A resource to help business owners prepare for and plan for the event of their passing.  Sadly, too many leaders don’t spend enough time on the issue, and it can create significant issues for their family members and business colleagues

Volunteer service is one of the ways people interact with nonprofit organizations (NPOs), with almost 65 million adult Americans donating their time in 2017, according to the Statista Research Department. It’s easy to see how volunteers play a large and important role in the way nonprofits run, but these organizations also hire paid employees. The word “nonprofit” describes how an organization functions. An NPO is a tax-exempt organization with a mission to provide benefits and services to the public at low to no cost. Nonprofits raise and earn money like a for-profit business, but instead of those earnings going to

Every day a staggering 2.5 exabytes of data is generated making our world increasingly difficult to understand. Visual Capitalist is one of the fastest growing online publishers globally, focused on topics including markets, technology, energy and the global economy. By highlighting the bigger picture through data-driven visuals, we stay true to our mission to help cut through the clutter and simplify a complex world.

The CPI inflation calculator uses the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) U.S. city average series for all items, not seasonally adjusted. This data represents changes in the prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households.

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