“Everybody else is doing it …” “Come on, we are all going to go, just come along with us!”  I remember hearing these kinds of statements during my teenage years, and they continue until this day.  My parents would ask, “If your friends jumped off a bridge, would you follow them?”  We have taught our children that they should be …

I have heard people say before; ‘It is not what you know, but who you know that counts.’  I believe that is true in many cases.  I have noticed that some people get a promotion based on the fact that they were known before by the person in charge.  I have seen family members given positions of leadership, because of …