Stories And My New Life In Cebu

I SAT IN FRONT OF JAN YANEHIRO IN HER 79 New Montgomery office at downtown San Francisco. She's dressed in a yellow wool jacket over a black top and long pants. Her gently parted bangs and lilac-colored eyeshadow struck me first as I stare at her. “Crystal, your voice tends to fall off at the end of your sentences. Project like this.” She proceeds to say a few words. I follow them.  “Yes, better. Keep practicing.” Jan is an Emmy-awarding winning journalist. As the Director of Multimedia Communications of Academy Art University,...

How I Learn By Samm McAlear

THIS SERIES IS ABOUT PEOPLE I admire answering the question: "How Do You Learn?" According to the dictionary:  learn (verb) means to gain or acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, experience, or being taught. I want, and hopefully my readers as well, to pick up lessons from individuals who are happy, socially responsible and uniquely successful.  I started off by answering this question myself, and now it's time to pass the baton to Samm McAlear. He and I knew each other as student-athletes...