13 Quotes to Pick You Up This Summer

Here are 13 quotes to ponder, and pick you up if the excessive heat has been slowing you down. “If you want to make it happen, just go out and do it.” Gabriel Draven “Small steps daily will take you further ahead of people with lofty goals who do nothing.” Chris Widener “Have a strategy on how you do things [and] execute the strategy with passion.” Purdy Crawford “The loss of a client is not necessarily a negative. New business opportunities constantly arise and the loss of a client may in fact allow you to accept new business.” Oliver Campbell “When you’re starting off, it takes ten times more energy than you … [Read more...]

Mentor Yourself With Nathon Gunn, CEO, Social Game Universe Part II

Interviewee Name: Nathon Gunn, CEO Company Name: Social Game Universe Website: http://www.socialgameuniverse.com  OMDC Digital Dialogue 22 of 24: Visioning the Digital Future If you cannot view this YouTube video, please click here. Avil Beckford: Tell me a little bit about yourself. Nathon Gunn: I am the CEO of a company called Social Game Universe and I also started another company called Bitcasters, which is still going. I’m an entrepreneur, and an innovator and I’m very passionate about creating new things. I work in new media and technology. Avil Beckford: How do you integrate your personal and professional … [Read more...]

Wise People: Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Sculptor, Created the Statue of Liberty

I first learned about Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi while reading a novel so I decided that I wanted to find out more about him. France gave the US the Statue of Liberty as a gift for 100 years of independence, though the gift was a decade late. Liberty was a political statement. Name: Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi Birth Date: August 1834 –October 1904 Job Functions: Sculptor Fields: Art Known For: Created the Statue of Liberty   As a child, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi was very interested in art and often neglected other studies. He studied art under the tutelage of Ary Scheffer a prominent artist. Scheffer had … [Read more...]

Interview With Chris Kulbaba Part Two

Interviewee Name: Chris Kulbaba, Career and Employment Counsellor, Public Speaker Company Name: London Employment Help Centre Website: http://linkedinheavyweight.com Avil Beckford: Tell me a little bit about yourself. Chris Kulbaba:  I consider myself to be first and foremost a family man so that’s really my focus. I have six children between my partner and I so family is very important. The next thing is that I consider myself to be a helper and a collector. I was told very recently that I collect people and information, and I thought that was a very appropriate description of me. And the last thing is I consider myself to be … [Read more...]

Booked on Tuesdays: The Analects of Confucius

From time-to-time I revisit books that I have read and their summaries/reviews that I wrote to see if anything has changed. While I was thinking about The Analects of Confucius, it struck me that Confucius was the circle leader for a mentoring circle. Even though Confucius was a sage, he also listened to what his disciples had to say. It was a give and take relationship and both mentor and mentees grew as people from their interactions with each other. The Analects of Confucius is a collection of the teachings of Confucius, the Chinese philosopher and great thinker who lived 551 BC - 479 BC. “The Analects concern themselves more with the … [Read more...]