To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here More than anything, the young Winston Churchill yearned for the affection and approval of his father. But Sir Randolph Churchill, a rising star in Britain’s Conservative Party at the turn of the last century, appears to have been ill-equipped to be a supportive dad. He rarely even spoke to his gifted but sensitive… Read more »
So, is it worth ten bucks to break the habit of making destructive comments about other people? Marshall Goldsmith thought so. Which is why he chose to put his money where his mouth had gone all too often. Verbal put-downs and destructive witticisms aren’t just the hallmarks of seventh grade boys. Most contemporary American sitcoms roll out never-ending repartees of… Read more »
Maya Angelou’s life did not have a hopeful beginning. At the age of eight she was sexually abused and raped by her mother’s boyfriend. Maya told her brother what had happened. The boyfriend was apprehended. Incredibly, he was jailed for only one day. But four days after his release he was murdered, almost certainly by Maya’s uncles. The trauma of the rape now… Read more »
