Is Communication the KEY to...
Recently, I had the opportunity to catch up with a colleague from my tenure as a broadcast professional. After connecting again through social media, we exchanged brief updates on our lives, discussing our families and current endeavors. During the conversation, my friend revealed that he was going through a difficult divorce after many years of marriage. As he expressed his internal conflict over the decision, I empathized, and with a heavy heart extended my support to him.
This conversation prompted me to reflect on the issue of divorce and its prevalence in modern society. During my time at college, I learned that in the United States, there was a projection that up to 40% of married couples would end up getting a divorce. The main reasons being cited: communication issues or irreconcilable differences.
Curiosity peaked, and I began to ponder if the divorce rate had improved since the turn of the millennium, and if the reasons for divorce had since...
Three Lessons Learned as I Journey Towards my Kids
Fifteen months ago I quit my job, and left behind a corporate all consuming life-style. I worked for one of the biggest broadcasting companies in the world. I made television programs; well, I was in the assembly chain that connected the dots which puts TV content in-front of people just like you. I was in the News division of this media giant. It was fun, it paid well, and best of all it was challenging. Here's the first conflict of this story: I was and felt comfortable, quite sure actually, and this notion made me uncomfortable. Regardless of this feeling I kept at it, you know with one's 'nose to the grinder'. Yet, one warm spring morning nearly three years ago my first-born daughter turned eleven years old. Everything did not change for me that bright sunny day; but I began to realize that the people. the food, the music, even the wind and the blue sky above clothed me not with it's usual tidings.
I was aware and felt dumbfounded at how rapidly time went by. For the past few...
