Many people called it a micro fad when it first hit the housing scene. But the tiny home phenomenon has turned into a seriously big — and lasting — trend. In fact, its popularity has risen over many years. Case in point: According to a December 2020 survey conducted...
The intent was always to go to college. Come to find out, I didn’t have the focus or discipline to see it through. A valiant effort wasn’t made on my part, but I was largely learning theory — and not putting it into practice. My hope was for a benevolent professor to...
Want to Be a Great Leader? Emphasize Humility. What are the characteristics and traits of effective leaders? Are they the ones who exhibit charisma and a hunger for authority? Perhaps. Yet there’s a more powerful characteristic that’s often forgotten: humility. People...
Annual charitable giving has traditionally spiked around the holiday season, making it an opportune time for nonprofits to make holiday fundraising pushes. That’s why philanthropists decided to turn this trend into a fully fleshed-out movement in 2012: Giving Tuesday....
Small business isn’t just important in America. It’s an essential part of the fabric of our communities and economy. According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, our country boasts more than 30 million small companies. And despite the pandemic’s effect on buying...
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic supports a saying I firmly believe: We’re all in this together. It’s a philosophy that holds true not just societally, but in business as well. The most successful entrepreneurs appreciate the value of community — in other words, the “two...