Jun 21, 2021Top 3 Humanitarian Crises of 2021A groundbreaking study discovered that after accounting for all income, charity, and non-cash welfare benefits like subsidized housing and Food Stamps, the most deficient 20% of Americans consume more goods and services than the national averages for all people in most affluent countries. This includes the majority of countries in…3 min read3 min read
Jun 21, 2021Leadership — Love = NothingPeople often see leadership based on an “It’s all about me” mentality. Organizations reward with increasing levels of money, recognition, and power as an individual moves up the hierarchy. Self-promotion (actually, pride) and self-protection (actually, fear) dominate today’s leadership style. Many traditional leaders allow pride, fear, and indifference to undermine…Leadership2 min readLeadership2 min read
Jun 2, 2021Poverty Alleviation … It Takes a VillageActress and activist Natalie Portman called on an audience at Stanford University to contemplate ways of helping the world’s poor, speaking specifically about microfinancing and village banking, and her work with FINCA International — a nonprofit that equips low-income people around the world with the tools they need to succeed…Philanthropy2 min readPhilanthropy2 min read
Jun 1, 2021Irrefutable Laws of LeadershipThere’s Law (which is good), Order (another thumbs up) and New York City (best.city.ever). If only leadership was so … orderly. Albeit messy at times (like my beloved dirty water dogs … extra everything please!), laws exist in leadership — just asked John Maxwell or read his ’21 Irrefutable Laws…Leadership2 min readLeadership2 min read
Apr 29, 2021For Children’s Sake!All around the world, people are fleeing war and persecution at record levels. Some 26 million of these individuals are refugees, meaning they have had to cross an international border in their quest for safety. Only those refugees most at risk — just 1% of the total — have a…Migrants2 min readMigrants2 min read
Apr 1, 2021Do You Have 5 Minutes to Save Lives?The politicization of refugees is not new. Regardless of whether the subject be Jewish refugees during World War II or Syrian refugees 6000 miles away in 2021, at the end of the day, helping those in need should be neither red or blue, but rather being human. But ‘What can…Refugees2 min readRefugees2 min read
Apr 1, 2021Three Strategies to Conquer Negative ThoughtsWhat do you actually think about yourself? In the world of shiny, happy, confident Insta-you, at the end of the day, when you’re alone with your thoughts, what do you say to yourself? NY Times Bestselling Author and CEO of Positive Intelligence, Inc., Shirzad Chamine, asked more than 100 CEOs…Meditation3 min readMeditation3 min read
Apr 1, 2021Style over SufferingIn our “woke”, Twitter-Insta-TikTok culture, what percentage of our time, emotions and resources are being invested in style vs relieving suffering — me included? …Style2 min readStyle2 min read
Mar 3, 2021Refugee Resettlement Via AIAs the world faces its largest crisis of displaced people since World War II, a new algorithm developed by Stanford researchers could help countries resettle refugees in a way that boosts their employment success and overall integration. The group, headed by Stanford’s Immigration Policy Lab, utilized a machine learning algorithm…Artificial Intelligence3 min readArtificial Intelligence3 min read
Mar 3, 2021Humor: Back in Style!The 2020 Best Picture Oscar nominations were as somber as 2020 — dramas about war, another war, more war, divorce, lots of killing, and a poor family in Seoul conning a rich family in Seoul which leads to more killing. I’m Korean and proud of a Korean drama winning the…Humor2 min readHumor2 min read