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Based on research done by Adam Grant, one of the highest-rated professors at Wharton School of Business, about 35% of our business workforce is...

Based on research done by Adam Grant, one of the highest-rated professors at Wharton School of Business, about 35% of our business workforce is...

Have you noticed that if you attempt to care deeply about everyone and everything, you end up stretched so thin that you become brittle,...

Have you noticed that if you attempt to care deeply about everyone and everything, you end up stretched so thin that you become brittle,...

Last Friday, the Laguna Beach Woman's Club held its annual Woman of the Year luncheon. This year, Peggie Thomas was the deserving recipient. Gayle...

My first full time job as a young adult was as a bank teller. Periodically, the bank auditors would arrive and the atmosphere would...

By Robin Pierson, Special to the Independent Calm in demeanor, clear in vision and strong in her devotion to children’s education, Peggie Thomas acts with...

My daughter, Sara, and my newest granddaughter, Aroha, are reunited with "Papa" in Bangkok and this new little family is on their way back...

It is gloomy this morning but I can still conjure up the feelings generated by the sunshine we've recently enjoyed. The main reason for my...

  Norman, the mascot for the Penguin Café, was abducted. There is a $500 reward posted for his return. No questions asked. Norman has been standing...

My new granddaughter arrived Thursday, March 14, in New Zealand, but a day earlier in Laguna. Bless Skype one more time. I was able to...

A few weeks ago, I discovered a book entitled, “The Power Behind Your Eyes.” It talks of the need to rest our eyes, taking...

  It seems that just a few years ago, my daughter Sara was a senior at the high school and was riding in the convertible...

There are more legends about Valentine's Day than cupid has arrows. In ancient Rome, February witnessed a fertility festival where, legend has it, the...

 How is it possible to keep our equilibrium when our world seems to be moving so fast? A typical day is filled with more...