(Akiit.com) There can be times when our business hits roadblock after roadblock and we don’t know what we are doing wrong. You may feel that in order to stay competitive you need to lower your prices but this can be to the detriment of the company. At the same time ...
(Akiit.com) The ancient Greeks believed that true leadership in crisis came down to what they called pronoia — the Greek word for “strategic foresight.” Some statesmen, such as Pericles and Themistocles, had it. Most others, such as the often brilliant and charismatic but impulsive Alcibiades, usually did not. “Foresight” in ...
(Akiit.com) Making films based on true events gets a lot of projects off the ground. Sometimes you watch a movie and when you discover at the end it’s based on fact, it adds something. Sometimes it doesn’t. The Banker proves that if you go to that well too many times, the yield ...
(Akiit.com) Recently, while delivering a lecture on my extensive overwhelmingly Black, magazine collection, I showed the students the June 28, 1963 issue of Life Magazine which cover showed a grieving Mrs. Myrlie Evers consoling her young son at funeral services for the great warrior, Medgar Evers. Brother Medgar had been ...
(Akiit.com) He’s a fool for love. She’s gotta have it—with a lot of strangers. They’re opposites destined to meet and teach each other life lessons. Writer/director Nico Raineau, honed his filmmaking sensibility with short films (Brix and the Bitch) and TV series (OMG!). If you didn’t know his stats before, ...
(Akiit.com) It seems quaint, even a little funny, but during the Cold War, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev agreed to “set aside their differences in case the world was invaded by aliens.” Today, Democrats can’t even stop to take a breath before spinning, twisting, or straight-up lying ...
(Akiit.com) We often spend a lot of time saving up our money to do home renovations, if we are able to. We will spend money on looking at companies that offer intricate electrical upgrades to make the most of our house, we may look at getting a brand new security ...
(Akiit.com) It is all too easy to see our own beliefs as superior to those of others. Whether they are religious, political or otherwise. However, such a situation is at the root of persecution. An issue that all religious communities have suffered from at one time or another. In fact, ...
(Akiit.com) Costly as it is, car insurance, unfortunately, is something no driver can do without. Either you’ll be looking into getting out new insurance or trying to get the best premium, and there are some simple tips to follow. Shop around It’s better to do your research first when getting ...
(Akiit.com) We all want to feel as safe as possible all of the time, but actually making sure of that is something that does not always come that easily. The truth is that there can be so many things that get in the way of feeling safe, and it can ...