A Blog by Adrienne Wallace

It is easy to look at people and make quick judgments about them. It is easy to see what they are lacking and what is not going to coincide well with who you are. I do it all of the time. This makes me human; a complicated miracle. It is all too often that  people show me a face, send their representatives and in knowing this ..I say that what they are showing me is what I can believe of them. They may show me something they cannot maintain because it is not who they are, they may show traits that they are not aware that they have and the truth is that I AM AWARE and  I tell myself...Don't trust him/her; don't invest too much time or energy.   I do this by simply being me, honoring my values and if someone can grow from the goodness and consistency of wellness that defines me that is great.  If not ..that is great too. There is still a lesson; deeper confirmation and more awareness gained. I am working on this each day and the glass is by no means...

Poor countries are growing much faster than rich ones. Knowing that we each could decide at some point in our lives to take a step back and do something about it. By " it" I am not speaking of the growth rate, but in fact the poverty. How do we educate, engage, inform,remove unnecessary boundaries, and elevate groups globally through our work? Can we do this as a by product of our work as well? I say this is why some of the best companies have corporate responsibility teams. However we each can be and make responsible high impact decisions even if our employers don't set CR as a part of the was they do business. I visited that point of doing something in 2009 by serving as CEO with Girls Inc. I gave what I cannot get back and learned a lot. People tell me they had no idea about the now, 147 year old organization until I enacted strategy, program policy and organizational marketing tactics that allowed us to expand awareness and reach out through media social, ...