Randall Parker
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As a lay minister in South Central Los Angeles, I was called to visit a grieving family at Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital. Their teenage son was in the morgue, a victim of gang violence. I pondered what incentive could persuade a young man to give his life. Who was the leader of his gang, [...]
If you answer is more like, “All systems slow, I’m just trying to get through the day (week or month),” then I have a single-word solution for you: RELAX! Just relax. The last thing you need is another “get up and go” lecture. If we can be frank, have some laughs and talk, I’d like [...]
It’s officially fall. The Kern County Fair is over and the Tehachapi apples are ready for picking. Soon, the kids will come to your door in costumes looking for treats. Then it’s just a whoosh away for the Holidays and a new year. Things can get away from you if you don’t plan in advance. [...]
With all that’s going on in the world, and of course, right here in the US, it can be challenging at times to find the right opportunity. Believe me, I understand this, and I don’t pretend that things aren’t as they are.
Conjuring up some financial hope for the hopeless is about letting go of the bad habits of yesteryear and all of the discouragements we lived through. Letting go is paramount, in order that one can feel the energies of hope to propel one’s dreams forward again. The only sure way we can keep this energy [...]
This article is by Baizhu Chen, a professor of clinical finance and business economics at USC Marshall School of Business. He is also senior researcher at the Institute of Finance and Banking at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, chief economist of Sino-Century Capital, a venture capital firm in Shanghai, and former president of the [...]
Does this echo over and over again as you struggle out of bed every morning, or at least five mornings a week? Well, if you are like most of us, “wannabe entrepreneurs” you understand all too well this challenge that we face, every time that alarm clock sounds the wake-up call. Is this just what [...]
In the 1980s, ABC had a hit single, “How to Be a Millionaire.”
My business friends tend to complain about how bad business is during the fair. My response? Here are a dozen things Bakersfield businesses can do to capitalize on the Kern County Fair. While this year’s event wraps up Sunday, it’s never too early to plan for next year. First, some ground rules: The fair draws [...]
The term “MBA” is what most of us think about when it comes to Business Education. Yes MBA, “Master of Business Administration” the “crown jewel” of degrees most needed in businesses, costing an average of $100,000. Not too cool, because for most of us it is out of the question.We need to ask ourselves, “Is [...]
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