Why is it important to give thanks to your pet? As you reflect on your abundances this Thanksgiving, there are multitude of reasons to give thanks for your pets. The following example about a family provides some reasons why pets are so important. This is the home of Jeff and Tina, Lucas and Elaina – and Lady. We can’t come to the phone right now because we are all having fun together. Leave your name and number …” This message …
David and Karen Dupage Today I’d like to talk about the late 1960s and the crucial choices that boys and young men had to make about their involvement in the Vietnam War. By the late 60s, when many of us first-born baby boomers were reaching manhood, we had to face the reality that we would be drafted into the army and possibly sent off to fight in Vietnam. The war had become extremely controversial. Many people in the country felt …
– Supporting my friends in the development of their books. I would like to shine a light on new publications that were launched recently. One is by Karan Higdon Jr., The Flower That Won’t Stop Growing. Karan is a University of Michigan grad and a Wolverine football running back. He was one of my very best students. One of his dreams was to write books. My friends Michael Samuelson is almost finished with his photography book, Iconic Ann Arbor. I will keep …
Thanks to all of you who joined the discussion on risk-taking and Doug Schneider’s new book, The Risk Paradox, last Friday. We had a high interest in the topic, probably because risk plays such a pervasive and important role in all of our lives. We are hopeful that the book and the individual stories highlighted in it will help everyone be more conscious and aware of the role risk plays in your lives. The book will help improve your decisions in …
I am excited to have my friend, Doug Schneider, present this Friday on the topic of risk. While originally scheduled for a live session at Zingerman’s Roadhouse, once again I’ve had to cancel that and move it to a Zoom meeting. The reason why I am moving to Zoom is that both my wife and I have been diagnosed with Covid this weekend. So far, we are doing well. We both are going to take Paxlovid which is supposed to help with …
Yesterday, I was honored to present to a group of 18 Detroit police officers who are participating in the Detroit Police Department Leadership Academy at Wayne State University, Mike Ilitch School of Business. One of the faculty, Sherilynn Perelli, asked me to speak on self-awareness and emotional intelligence. She felt these were crucial competencies for the officers to develop in order to become successful leaders in the police department. In learning about the program, which welcomed its first set of participants …