Then, I laid me down to dream, my naive joy for life agleam, and when he died before I woke . . . my thriving heart was bashed and broke, my love for life reduced to joke, my childhood burned up in smoke. Death stopped our hearts with one full stroke. <3
How to Manage Someone Who Feels like a Fraud
Imposter syndrome, the feeling of being a fraud or not belonging, isn’t unique to any specific industry. It exists in technology, in medicine, and in students in educational settings, too: “[R]esearch suggests that students who feel they belong at their college are more likely to remain there . . . [and] first-generation and minority students are less likely […]
Virtual Team-Building Exercises
Team-building doesn’t require a physical water cooler or even sharing office space. There are plenty of ways your remote team can get to know each other and gain value from virtual team-building exercises. What value is there to be gained? How does team-building contribute to productivity? It’s all about building trust. As MindTools.com noted, “[a] team without […]
Use Technology to Motivate You to Exercise
The hardest part of working out is getting started. Once you’re rocking the elliptical, or your feet have hit the streets, endorphins start flowing to keep you going. Before you start, though, you have that mental battle with yourself that makes you feel crazy: “Okay, time to exercise.” “No! I don’t want to! I’m too […]
THE BOEING COMPANY
An Innovative Leader in Aerospace, Defense, and Commercial Airplane Manufacturing By Cody Baumann, Bart Kaliszczak, and Sherry Umlah 02/25/2013 Company Overview Boeing is an international aerospace company that is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Many people are aware of Boeing’s commercial jetliners, but the company does much more than manufacturing planes. As an aerospace company, […]
The Societal Impact of a Nation’s Anthem’s Lyrics
by Sherry Umlah Throughout the world, people unite to collectively sing their nation’s anthem: a song that often tells the story of a country’s history, traditions, cultural beliefs and the values shared by its people. A nation’s anthem serves as an educational tool for significant historical and cultural events, unites its people through pride and […]
Slang: A Cloak of Invisibility and Unity for Subcultures
by Sherry Umlah Slang is like a “black cat bone” to a subcultural group. Although many people superstitiously believe that black cats are unlucky, African American hoodoo practitioners believe that every black cat has a single magical bone in its body that grants the power of invisibility to its human possessor. Slang, like a “black […]
The Inception of Blues Music in Western Europe
by Sherry Umlah In an excerpt titled “Blues Music” from A History of Popular Music before Rock Music, author Piero Scaruffi describes Negro music from the European perspective, detailing the effect the abolishment of slavery had on the evolution of music and birth of the Blues genre. From the 16th century to the Civil War […]
Best Music for Health: The Kind That Feels Good
by Sherry Umlah Lyrics of a song titled Good Music, which was released in 1986 by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, state that “… it always feels so good to hear good music.” Indeed, listening to good music results in feeling good due to its powerful influence on the human brain. Regardless of a music […]
Risk Versus Reward: The Triathlete’s Journey of Self-Empowerment
by Sherry Umlah Warning: may cause “[…] muscle cramping, heat illness, postural hypotension, excessive exposure to ultraviolet radiation, musculoskeletal injuries and trauma, gastrointestinal problems as well as post-race bacterial infection, immunosuppression, sympathetic nervous system, and psychological exhaustion, and haemolysis.” (Dallam 144) What activity comes with this lengthy list of warnings and why would anyone choose […]