Month: November 2020

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My Top 3 Strategies for Vetting Charities

November 17, 2020 admin Comments Off on My Top 3 Strategies for Vetting Charities

This year’s Thanksgiving is going to be odd for my family. We’ll have less than half as many people as usual, and we’ll be eating outside, as two of us will need to be distanced from the rest of the family.
Despite facing a brutal year and missing family who won’t be able to attend Thanksgiving, I remain grateful. One way I express that gratitude (that makes me feel even happier) is by giving to causes that are important to me or to my friends and family.
There are so many worthy causes out there. Unfortunately, there are also some that sound …read more […]

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How to Be a Better Investor… and a Better Human Being

November 16, 2020 admin Comments Off on How to Be a Better Investor… and a Better Human Being

In my last column, I recommended a superb new book by Whole Foods Founder and CEO John Mackey, along with Steve McIntosh and Carter Phipps of the nonprofit Institute for Cultural Evolution.
It’s called Conscious Leadership: Elevating Humanity Through Business.
The book won’t just make you a better businessperson and a better investor.
It will make you a better human being.
That’s an audacious claim, to be sure. It doesn’t stop it from being true, however.
What do conscious leaders do?

They put purpose first, connecting the team to a vision of how it meets customers’ wants and needs and contributes to the world.
They lead with …read more […]