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Happiness: A Capital Asset?
Ask an accountant what a capital asset is and you will be told that it is an asset owned to generate a profit, but is not easily sold for cash in the normal course of business operations. In business...
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Finish Lent Stronger Than You Started
This year I was so ready for Lent, and that was something different for me. Many other years Lent has crept up on me, and I half-heartedly chose something to “give up.” Then I limped along, hungry for...
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How Business Ownership Converts Your Flaws into Virtues
From being a faith-based marriage and family therapist for 22 years, I’m also a Christian women entrepreneur coach. But are the roles that different? Not really. It’s all about change. My...
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Seven Connections Between Your Career and the Cross
It’s Holy Week. We commemorate civilization being forever changed. Once upon a time, a cross was a medieval weapon of torture, humiliation and oppression. Today it stands tall for freedom, peace,...
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There are more of us than there are of them. More laity than religious, that is. Throughout history, the great saints have gifted the Church with unique charisms and rules for religious life. But what...
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As investment professionals, when we think about investments, we think about asset classes: stocks, bonds, hedge funds and the like. As theologians, when we think about investments, we think about...
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Five Steps to Maximize the Value of Your Work
At the inaugural Catholic Assembly for Business breakfast Monsignor Stuart Swetland spoke on the Theology of Work. The Theology of Work is exciting for Christian women entrepreneurs because it...
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Ignore Those Walls!
We live in a hectic, deadline driven world. Whether at work or home, things are either speeding towards us from all sides, or we are flying headlong into one event after another. At the office we are...
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True Measure of Home Value
It was a nun and not an economist or political philosopher that reminded the world there is one timeless measure of a home’s value: love. In 1979, Mother Teresa of Calcutta was awarded the Nobel...
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How Catholic Women Entrepreneurs Change the World
Catholic women entrepreneurs may not feel it some days, but they are leading the new world paradigm. In what way? As Catholic women entrepreneur, they trail-blaze the feminine path to freedom,...
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Laudato Si: Papal Economics and the Social Mortgage
One of the enduring lessons from the most recent Papal Encyclical, Laudato Si (Praise Be to You), is the simple notion that the “natural environment is a collective good.” Although simple, this...
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Combatting Your Personal Stress
Recently I conducted a survey of my book and article readers. I wanted to know how this largely Catholic and professional group viewed current stressors in their lives. When asked what they considered...
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Four Reasons to Keep the Heat up in Your Business
On a plane ride back from a Las Vegas seminar, I sat next to a 20-something community college student. I learned he had a golf scholarship. He was returning from a Las Vegas family outing. I noticed...
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How Can We Change Modern Media?
We spend a lot of time complaining about the lack of quality on television, in song lyrics, in literature, and in movies. Sitcoms make fatherhood look foolish. Songs objectify women. Books make...
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Are You In The Habit Of Comparing Yourself With Others?
When I was in high school and college, I struggled with body image. But as a young professional the Holy Spirit inspired me to do an experiment. No matter how great or not-so-great I looked when I...
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Create Your Profitable and Fun 30-Hour Workweek
Starting a business can be exciting. Work doesn’t feel like work. It’s easy to put in long hours with the prospects of turning a dream of being a successful entrepreneur into reality. But once the...
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The 18-Minute Mass
The Church lays down a minimum for attending Mass and receiving the Eucharist. The Church obliges the faithful to take part in the Divine Liturgy on Sundays and feast days and, prepared by the...
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Capitalism and the Culture of Consumerism
This week we celebrate the feast day of Saint Matthew, patron saint of bankers. Reflecting upon my patron saint, I recall many times having been asked how capitalism can be compatible with Christian...
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Don’t Let Comparing Derail Your Business Focus
When I was in high school and college, I struggled with body image. But in my early 20s, God gave me a gift. As a young professional the Holy Spirit inspired me to do an experiment that would free me....
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The Golden Rule In The Workplace
“Do to others whatever you would have them do to you. This is the law and the prophets.” – Jesus (Matthew 7:12) The Golden Rule. We can all repeat it to others, and we are quick to point out when...
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