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Everybody Can Dream
How to Strengthen Your Goals Dream Big…Dream Big… But focus small! That’s the sage advice from ABC News Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts during her recent Master Class appearance on the OWN network. Robert’s recounts how and why early in her career her philosophy and strategy, which included turning down a prized offer from ESPN, […]
Entrepreneurial Quiz: How Observant Are You?
Dee Adams’ Online Class Can you answer the following three questions? When a bored, restless barrel maker used his innate ability to observe, that talent helped start a company that would come to be known internationally. Who was the barrel maker? What was the industry he pioneered? Which sporting industry evolved from illegal activity? Agatha Christie […]
Aptitudes of the Rich and Famous: Leno, Clooney, Boitano, Seymour
Did You Know – The following celebrities very likely share a particular aptitude that many people don’t have. Can you guess what the common aptitude in question may be?*Comedian Jay Leno *George Clooney *Olympic skating champion, Brian Boitano *TV’s Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman, Jane Seymour What successful playwright wrote 5 novels, but publishers wouldn’t buy them? Answers […]
Mystery of the U.S. President
Thinking Critically Consider, “the only president measured tested subjective with high ideaphoria and inductive reasoning and low structural visualization. His educational background was not in law,” according to Margaret Broadley in Your Natural Gifts How would you make an educated guess as to which president the author meant? Hint: All clients of JOCRF are confidential, […]
Business Lessons from 2 TV Show Plotlines
The Big Valley This 1960s western can be found in reruns on nostalgia TV, and a particular episode had me shaking my head ran recently. You what had happened was… a large Berkeley holding, a Gold mine flooded and the solution is for a family member to travel across country to a government auction to buy […]
Baby Boom
Entrepreneurial Lessons from Film & TV Failure to look before leaping is a common theme often played for laughs in Hollywood. Consider J.C.Wyatt graduates from the top of her class at Harvard with an MBA. She develops a reputation as a savvy businesswoman, and climbs the corporate ladder in New York. But she’s forced out […]
Dream Goals
Wordplay: Create Personalized Anagram What do Dream and Vision mean to you? Create your personalized anagram using the lists below for inspiration. Dream Dedication Development Direction Drive Desire Definitive Resourceful Reflection Resolution Relentless Relax Research Resolve Readiness Renew Enterprising Enthusiastic Enthusiasm Envision Enlightened Eagle Eye Earnest Elixir Accountability Achieve Audacious Achieve Adaptable Artistic Assured Ambitious […]
Dee Adams’ Online Class
Biz Quiz 1.Which of the following inventions were created for safety reasons? a. Life Preservers b. Band-Aids c. Condensed Milk d. Portable Heart Defibrillator e. Safety Pin Research 101 2. What Activity is Often Mistaken for Research? a. Investigating b. Critical Thinking c. Reading d. Writing Answers 1. All except for Band-Aids. Technically, that product […]
Race, Culture, & Vocational Dreams in Films
Intercultural Communication How social, cultural and political conflicts can disrupt vocational goals or destroy a business are featured themes in the films Cool Runnings and Mississippi Massala. Two reviews, which I wrote for class assignments, are posted in Adobe PDF. Concepts of Intercultural Communication allows for better understanding of other people’s cultures, point of view and […]
Dee Adams’ Online Class: Biz and Aptitude Quiz
Common Inspiration The three inventions listed have one major thing in common. Can you figure out what it is? Chicken & Waffles Levi Strauss Blue Jeans The Point Reyes Blue Cheese Company Dyslexia & Ability True or false? People with the disability dyslexia gravitate to the performing arts industry and tend to avoid business start-ups. […]