Increasing Your Media Quotient (MQ) – Part Two

What happens when your MQ drops, or what I call Media Intelligence? Does this drop over time or because of your actions or behaviors? I believe that poor decisions can lead to actions and behaviors that lower your MQ. This in turn impacts your reputation. Think of people with low MQ and the names of Paul Wolfowitz of the World […]

The Pan African Games – Durham, North Carolina, 1971: John Akii-Bua breaks the African hurdles record

Introduction The capacity crowd of 34,000 (a two-day total was 52,000) at Duke University’s Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, who attended the USA-Pan Africa track meet (sometimes dubbed USA vs. the World), was later the largest to attend a track meet in the southern (southeastern) region of the United States. The meeting from July 16 to 17, 1971 […]

Life Settlements and the Key to Fair Market Value

One of the most important aspects of advanced estate planning is the secondary life insurance market. But, like any other financial planning strategy, it’s not for everyone. The life settlement has traditionally been used as an exit strategy for unwanted or unnecessary life insurance that could normally lapse or be terminated. Life settlements are now being used with other strategies […]