Hope by definition is an optimistic attitude of mind based on an expectation of positive outcomes related to events and circumstances in one’s life or the world at large. Before I answer this very individual and personal question, let me just say this: I cannot predict the future. No one can. And if someone says […]
Isabel Dos Santos: Africa’s first female billionaire sets sights on Europe
Isabel Dos Santos, the 41-year-old businesswoman who in 2013 was outed by Forbes as Africa’s first female billionaire, has spent much of her adult life strategically acquiring stakes in some of the continent’s fastest-growing companies. In the process, she now holds claim to the title of Africa’s wealthiest woman.
Get Rid of Stress in Your Office While Making a Great Advertisement
If you want to make your business functional, you need to create a calm and peaceful working environment. The greatest enemy that you’ll have to confront is stress. It’s hard to be worry-free while you’re desperately waiting for an important e-mail that’ll determine your future business, for example. And it’s not just your money you […]
Running Out of Time? Maybe You Just Need a Change of Perspective
It is after 6PM and the rest of your co-workers have already gone home for the day. You are in the office burning the midnight oil, working on a presentation for your boss. You’ve got less than an hour left to get it done and your job is in on the line. It’s do or […]
Family and Finance: Russia’s Accomplished Larissa Leonidovna Drozdova
Finance has always been a male-dominated industry. But Russia’s illustrious Larissa Leonidovna Drozdova shows it doesn’t have to be. Wall Street. We all know the territory. Men on the trading floor. Men wearing the same boring white shirt and blue tie. Men running—and then ruining—the global economy. (Thanks, guys!) By contrast, work that takes place […]
“Abraham Lincoln: An Illustrated History of His Life and Times”
I hate to approve of Time magazine in any form, but this coffee table-type book, produced in 2009 for the Big Bicentennial (of Abraham’s birth) constantly overpowered me. Produced anonymously, but with key essays from pop historians — the best being "Across the Great Divide: The friendship between Lincoln and Frederick Douglass required from both […]