“It is better to own the race course than the race horse.” ~ Unknown I’m always on the lookout for entrepreneurial education resources for parents and kids. This book, The Parents’ Guide to Raising CEO Kids and website http://raisingceokids.com are superb resources for parents. “Drawing from more than 200 interviews and Dr. Jerry and Sarah [...]
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“Graduation is only a concept. In real life every day you graduate.” ~ Arie Pencovici Well, the world has certainly changed in the decades since my high school graduation. I still remember the excitement, though. Immediately after the ceremony, another graduate and I hugged one another and proudly exclaimed, “We’re DONE; it’s all over; [...]
“Academic qualifications are important and so is financial education. They’re both important and schools are forgetting one of them.” ~ Robert Kiyosaki I’m pleased to see so many articles today in the mainstream press about the need for the millennial generation (18-29) to learn financial literacy. While we’ve previously blogged about this subject on [...]
“If you don’t learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.” ~ Bear Bryant Each spring Major League Baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson Day. This article in USA TODAY about the waning presence of African Americans on the rosters of MLB (Major League Baseball) prompted the following conversation between Bill Roddy and me: “Honey, I [...]
“Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.” ~ Jonathan Swift Osiris Organization’s youth are often stereotyped and profiled in seemingly myriad ways. One of the most damaging and false profiles is that our youth—mostly African-American males—are not intelligent. I thought about this stereotyping before I turned in for the night. It triggered a [...]
“Love is unconditional, relationships are not.” ~ Grant Gudmundson Many of you are parents of teenagers. You have probably experienced this from time to time—the distress of trying to let your teen move through peer relationship growing pains even as you see them potentially going over a cliff! At Osiris Organization, this is one of [...]