Grasso, Kennedy, Frost, Public Service and You

Written by Susan Dunn, MA Clinical Psychology, The EQ Coach


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I went on to serve on many Boards, and raise money forrepparttar homeless. I considered it “tithing” – giving back. Because of Kennedy’s words, I felt I could make a difference, and as a volunteer coordinator on many occasions, I encouraged those around me too, as well. The results were always gratifying.

Part ofrepparttar 123455 issue with Grasso, our former chairman ofrepparttar 123456 NYSE concerns this idea of public service. Dick Grasso never completed college and worked his way uprepparttar 123457 SEC, though no one argues he did a good job, while current SEC chairman, William H. Donaldson founded Yale University’s Graduate School of Management and was its first dean.

In addition, Donaldson has worked in bothrepparttar 123458 private andrepparttar 123459 public sectors, an exposure Grasso hadn’t had. In a Washington Post article, “Two Wall St. Giants, One Long History,” it’s reported that “most people interviewed said they believe Donaldson truly is disturbed thatrepparttar 123460 chairman ofrepparttar 123461 NYSE might not viewrepparttar 123462 job as a public service post. Grasso … characterized his job as two-thirds businessman, one-third regulator.” The two disagreed as torepparttar 123463 nature ofrepparttar 123464 job. They have different presumptions. Donaldson, byrepparttar 123465 way, has his fortune, but made it before takingrepparttar 123466 chairmanship ofrepparttar 123467 exchange. “Donaldson comes at this fromrepparttar 123468 Brahmin school that viewsrepparttar 123469 exchange job as public service,” Columbia University Law professor John C. Coffee, Jr. is quoted as saying. “Grasso has worked there his whole career and has a legitimate Horatio Alger story. I don’t think he viewed himself as taking a vow of poverty.”

Grasso apparently felt he should be compensated like a Wall Street CEO, while Donaldson thought he should be paid as a public servant. The dispute, saidrepparttar 123470 Washington Post, “revealsrepparttar 123471 different styles ofrepparttar 123472 two men. “

What is public service and what does it have to do with you? How are you with your life balance? What are you withholding that’s making you weak?

©Susan Dunn, MA Clinical Psychology, The EQ Coach, http://www.susandunn.cc . Susan is the author of “Depression: The Need to Go Within,” and offers coaching, seminars, and distance learning in Emotional Intelligence. Check out the EQ eBook Library – http://www.webstrategies.cc/ebooklibrary.html . Mailto:sdunn@susandunn.cc for FREE eZine.


Have you been lucky in life?

Written by Charlie Badenhop


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In a few days time when he had regained consciousness he discovered that he was paralyzed fromrepparttar waist down. I called him to see how he was doing. He said to me "What would you say Charlie? Lucky to be alive or unlucky to be paralyzed fromrepparttar 123454 waist down." I had no ready answer.

Many months later we met in person again. By this time he had already customized his wheelchair to make it more "radical" and he was sporting a buffed out physique from his many hours of weight lifting. He said to me "Previously when people remarked about my life, it was very easy for me to say that I felt neither lucky or unlucky. Now I know very deeply that each moment, lucky or unlucky, is to be savored. If I label my circumstances as 'lucky' what will this mean? Will it mean that I am happy about what has happened? If I label my circumstances as 'unlucky' what will this mean? Will it mean that I am unhappy about what has happened? And what about tomorrow, andrepparttar 123455 day after that, andrepparttar 123456 year after that? Will I let 'lucky' or 'unlucky' determine how I feel about myself and how I live my life? I certainly hope not!" He smiled warmly as always, and I was thankful to be in his presence.

Charlie Badenhop is the originator of Seishindo, an Aikido instructor, NLP trainer, and Ericksonian Hypnotherapist. Benefit from a new self-help Practice every two weeks, by subscribing to his complimentary newsletter "Pure heart, simple mind" at http://www.seishindo.org/


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