Profound: December 2007 Archives

Julie R. Neidlinger: Lone Prairie Art Works: Some things I learned from 2007

Some thoughts worth pondering at year's end about God and life and friendship and happiness.

Townhall.com: Andrew Tallman: Why Do We Give Bad Christmas Gifts?

Yuletide pressures, in case you didn't feel enough already: "Bad gifts are a burden precisely because they show your lack of love for the recipient. The prerequisite of love is knowledge. You cannot love whom you do not know. Thus, a gift shows love when it demonstrates a real knowledge of who someone is and what he desires. Bad gifts are evidence of a bad relationship because they demonstrate that you do not know enough about this person to be capable of giving a good gift."

New York Times: Tracing Business Acumen to Dyslexia

"One reason that dyslexics are drawn to entrepreneurship, Professor Logan said, is that strategies they have used since childhood to offset their weaknesses in written communication and organizational ability -- identifying trustworthy people and handing over major responsibilities to them -- can be applied to businesses. 'The willingness to delegate authority gives them a significant advantage over nondyslexic entrepreneurs, who tend to view their business as their baby and like to be in total control,' she said."