@bethvogt Gen. Colin Powell, the former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, died this past Monday due to COVID-19 complications. He was 84 years old. Powell was the first black Secretary of State, and was appointed by President George W. Bush, serving during the years after 9/11. Today, I wanted to honor him …
In Others’ Words: The Power of Doing Good
Power is often thought of as the ability to act or to do something. Adjust that idea a bit, and power becomes the ability to make others do what you want them to do. Power causes change … both good and bad. Power influences other … for both benevolent and evil people’s purposes. And, let’s be honest here: people …