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Skepticism vs. Cynicism

As president of The Franciscan Center, a Baltimore-based organization providing services to the poor, Karen Heyward-West often butted heads with the organization’s board of trustees over how best to help its clients become self-sufficient. In 2007, the board vetoed her ideas so often that at one point, the 44-year-old Heyward-West gave up on anything ever changing and started to believe her efforts were pointless. Eventually, her work habits reflected her pessimism. “I started leaving reports to the last minute because I would be like, ‘It doesn’t matter, they’re not going to read it anyway,’” she admits. She also stopped participating fully in board meetings. “I gave one-word answers,” she recalls. “I was there, but I wasn’t there.”

  • Education

Heading to College with the Olympics on Your Mind?

Use a planner to schedule your academic responsibilities, athletic commitments, work schedule, and social life. When I was an NCAA Division I student-athlete, I wrote down everything I had to do, from waking up, to class times, practices, games, work, study time, mealtimes, and bedtime!

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Ready to Take Your Business Global?

When I moderated the global business panel at the 2010 Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference in May, I asked that question to our audience, mentioning the fact that only 5% of the world’s population resides in the United States.

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