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How well does denial work for you? It didn’t for me. Growing up with a speech impediment along with dyslexia and Asperger’s Syndrome, school was a struggle. I tried to convince myself that getting picked on in elementary school didn’t matter. Sticks and stones may break my bones But words shall never hurt…
When was the last time you failed? My dyslexia teaches me every day that failure is inevitable. It also teaches me to be humble — it’s hard to be arrogant when you are making mistakes all the time. Maybe more than anything, it teaches me forgiveness. As men, we learn to organize against failing. Some…
As men we need a purpose. Retired cosmetics executive Mark Goldsmith found his through helping some 1,500 young men incarcerated at Rikers Prison in N.Y.C. NPR did a story on how Goldsmith travels to Rikers to teach men how to not return. These not only don’t know how to go to a job interview, they…
