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During this social distancing and quarantine limbo we currently find ourselves in, I have found myself taking time to think about my career, the road to where I am, and the road forward. Through doing so, I had some random thoughts on building a sustaining career. I wish someone had told me some of these earlier in my career. But through trial and error, along with...

Are you the workaholic each of us knows? You know the one. They check their email from the time they wake up, to when they are at lunch with you (please remember this is rude when we are able to dine together again), to when they go to sleep. For some, it’s an easy pattern to fall into. Now that many of us are working from home, it’s easier because there is eve...

When a commercial tenant leases space in a shopping center or mall, a primary consideration for the tenant is the expected benefit to their business of the foot traffic from the customers that will be attracted to the other businesses being operated by their neighboring tenants. This is particularly true when the neighboring tenant is the “anchor,” or o...

Staying connected to people you know is difficult when you are in different places and have been told it is unsafe to gather in groups. Other than grocery shopping most people currently are isolated at home. If you are lucky enough to still have a job, and if you are able, you probably are working remotely. You may walk around your neighborhood and get to wave to y...

Staying connected to people you know is difficult when you are in different places and have been told it is unsafe to gather in groups. Other than grocery shopping most people currently are isolated at home. If you are lucky enough to still have a job, and if you are able, you probably are working remotely. You may walk around your neighborhood and get to wave to y...

Caution: Spoilers Ahead. Netflix’s wildly popular documentary series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness continues to capture the imagination of the public as countless media reports and a follow-up Netflix episode chronicle the various developments and characters featured in the show. The true-crime drama highlights various legal missteps of “Tiger King”...

We are a few weeks into shelter at home, social distancing, remote working, and job losses. What mental health experts warned us might happen, has happened. Some people are lonely, frightened, agitated, and angry. Others are able to cope and adapt to the new normal easier. People who are normally social connectors may be struggling the most. They have lost one of t...

Taking the time to complete your health care power of attorney and living will is a great step toward ensuring that your health care wishes will be followed if you are unable to make decisions for yourself. A health care power of attorney names an agent to make health care decisions if you are unable to do so yourself. A living will which is also called an advance ...

JW Way Fundamental #5: Listen Fully. "Listening is more than simply not speaking. Give others your undivided attention. Set aside your own judgments and preconceived notions. Listen with focus. Most importantly, listen to understand." COVID-19 has brought many new challenges to the way we communicate with our coworkers, clients, families, and friends. Never has li...

Beginning April 10, 2020, thousands of health care providers across the country began receiving funds from the US Government in the form of grants made under the federal CARES Act, signed into law by President Trump on March 27, 2020. The purpose of the CARES Act is to get money into the hands of the “front line” providers of healthcare to actual or pot...