Eclectic Change

Do we really need engaged employees?

I remember in my twenties complaining to my mother about how stressed I was.  She looked at me as if I had landed from Mars.  She asked skeptically: "What exactly do you have to be stressed about?"  I don't remember what I answered but she told me that, not once living through the London Blitz of WWII did any one stop to complain about stress.  The whole concept was completely foreign to her. I mean really . . . what is all the whining about?  I am sure if we were living from hand t...

We need more “helpers” not heroes: A tribute to Miep Gies

Miep Gies passed away on January 11th at the age of 100.  Her claim to fame was being known as a "helper" of Anne Frank.  I read the obituary of all places on the news channel on my Wii.  There was this quote from Gies that I find one of the most profound things that I have read in a while: "I am afraid that if people feel that I am a very special person, a sort of heroine, they may doubt whether they will do the same I once did. Not many consider themself very talented or courageous and thus w...