February 19, 2021 By: Eric Betts Your company, institution, non-profit, or religious organization has achieved incredible success in recent years. On a personal...
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Lifelong Learning Archives
The Myth Of Multitasking
By: Andrew Dollar The other weekend, I was sitting at my desk working on a homework assignment. I heard the...
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Out With The Old And In With The New
By: Eric Betts The year of 2020 has been an extremely difficult year. We have seen a worldwide pandemic that...
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Charting New Territory
By: Eric Betts One of the most informative books on leadership is entitled The Failure Of Nerve by Edward Friedman....
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Choose Your Own Adventure
By: Andrew Dollar As a young boy, I loved reading choose your own adventure books. The first few chapters were...
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We Are Back!
By: Wanda Campbell The past nine months feels like it has been years long, but we are getting back to...
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Successful Leaders Are Comfortable In Their Own Skin
By: Eric Betts Edwin Friedman is widely considered as a leadership expert who for 20 years served as a pulpit...
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Robin Hood
By: Wanda Campbell One of my favorite legends is the story of Robin Hood. In 1973, I took my kids...
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Comparing Times
By: Wanda Campbell “America was tired. Tired of the stay-at-home orders, mandatory masks, business closures, and social distancing rules.” You...
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Procrastination or Prudence?
By: Eric Betts One of the greatest hindrances to effective leadership in non-profits, business, academia, and religious organizations is the...
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How Crisis Can Bring Out Our Best!
By: Eric Betts In 2016, many public officials and civil rights leaders gathered together in Washington to celebrate the opening...
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The 19th Amendment
By: Wanda Campbell From the Constitution of the United States of America: “The right of citizens of the United States...
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Quarantine Fatigue and Zoom
By: Wanda Campbell It has only been four months and I am already experiencing “quarantine fatigue.” Some experts are saying...
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Maxwell’s Law Of Connection
By: Eric Betts As the world we live in has endured the greatest pandemic we have ever seen, we have...
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Getting Back To Normal?
By: Wanda Campbell According to Dictionary.com, “normal” is conforming to a standard, typical, usual, average state or condition. For the...
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We Are Going Virtual!
By: Wanda Campbell Like a lot of places around town, our office is closed to the public and the staff...
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Hubble Space Telescope
By: Wanda Campbell Astronomy is the science that studies space outside of Earth’s atmosphere, objects in space, and the universe...
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Democracy, Socialism, Capitalism, And Communism
By: Wanda Campbell We just finished the election primary. Voting this time was a new experience because we registered electronically....
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What’s Happening
By: Wanda Campbell Here is a listing of what is happening at Athens State’s Center for Lifelong Learning. Winter/Spring classes...
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The Path Toward Personal Authenticity
By: Eric Betts Too many in the workforce today are merely surviving or barely competing in the marketplace. There is...
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