“It all happened so fast. I lost my job, then I lost my apartment, my ex-wife kicked me out and I was homeless, living in my car.” << MORE >>

Walking the streets and parks of El Paso, the young Venegas was reminded of how famished he was. He noticed in a city park how Americans ate part of a hot dog and then discard the remaining dog and bun. He was sorely tempted to pick up the discarded food but decided it might draw attention so he painfully passed on the opportunity. << MORE >>

"Over the years, I find myself wondering and worrying about some issue. It can keep me intrigued and tantalized. …and then one day a piece that I had not noticed comes into play and it all comes together." Sidney Finegold<< MORE >>

"When the TV monitors in common areas report on three dead in a given province from an IED, they are disinterested. I, on the other hand, wonder if the lives lost are buddies that I left. I’m still very much attuned to the war and the cost it is exacting.” Kyle Hausmann-Stokes ...<< MORE >>

In terms of measuring his self esteem, Cedillo took pride in the fact that he was “doing his own thing” without reliance on a job or the charity of others. He had convinced himself that he was a “businessman” and not in the same straits as the homeless vagrants all around him.<< MORE >>

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"...I looked down and saw that my legs were on fire. I just looked. I didn’t realize, at first, what was going on. Then it hit me what had happened..." Tatiana Reyes << MORE >>

"I began to think about extending the latent power of technology to do more than process business transactions...." Barry Tavlin << MORE >>

More than once, I was pulled over by the police letting me know that I was the wrong color, and asking me what my business was in that neighborhood." Bob Engel

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"By the time I reached my thirtieth birthday, the question became more pertinent and persistent: Is there something else I could or should be doing?” Ben Kershberg << MORE >>

"The actions of leaders are often far more important than their words." Rick Maurer << MORE >>

“Thought Leadership is an often misunderstood and even ridiculed term, but is a required tool in the business portfolio." Terry Corby << MORE >>

I noticed a number tattooed across her forearm. I touched it with one finger and looked into her eyes. She simply said, " Auschwitz." << MORE >>

"The business had reached the point in which they despised the technology group, expressed no confidence in them whatsoever, and was openly electing to bypass them entirely to look for technology solutions from external suppliers." Robin Barrett << MORE >>