Brian Allain

“Do you know that your voice changes when you talk about the work you do with the poor?”

From “Embracing Your Second Calling: Find Passion and Purpose for the Rest of Your Life” by Dale Hanson Bourke One day, I was on a flight when a man sitting next to me asked what I did. I told him about my publishing job and then about my board work with humanitarian organizations. He looked […]

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Take Stock

From “Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most” by Miroslav Volf, Matthew Croasmun, and Ryan McAnnally-Linz Next, take stock of some key aspects of your life: how you invest your time, money, and attention. Maybe even go straight to the sources – flip through your calendar, look through your recent expenses, or scroll

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communicators of today need a new title: that of trust agent

From “Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust” by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith We all know what the word media means, but in his 1964 book, Understanding Media: THe Extensions of Man (from which comes the famous slogan, “The medium is the message”), author Marshall McLuhan describes a

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