Enough Is Enough: Leading With Equity in 2025 and Beyond For Inclusive Success: Take The Lead 1/14/2025

Demi Moore in her recent Golden Globes acceptance speech for best actress for her performance in “The Substance,” said: “In those moments when we don’t think we’re smart enough or pretty enough or skinny enough or successful enough or basically just not enough, I had a woman say to me, ‘Know you will never be enough, but you can know the value of your worth if you just put down the measuring stick.’”

Her candid revelation that she was dismissed for decades as a “popcorn actress” resonated with so many women who related that their skills and value were constantly diminished, Newsweek reports.

As a leader, it is crucial that you do not do that to yourself or to anyone on your team. Whether you are an entrepreneur working solo, or a colleague leading a team, it is important to know not only your worth, but the worth of building, supporting, maintaining and uplifting a broadly inclusive team honoring equity across all categories. Each person is enough and offers valuable contributions, so together it is an equation for success.

The Power To Unleash Joy and Healthier Lives for Our Pets

By Cindy Dunston Quirk

There are nearly 77 million dogs in the United States, and I want them all to live their best lives.

It’s why I started my sustainable pet food and treat company, Scout & Zoe’s. It’s my answer to the big mega-corps who put profit before health, and money before sustainability. Did you know that the three biggest pet food companies routinely buy up smaller companies? This makes it harder to know where food is being made, who is making them, and what is in them.

Want to Help LA?

Resources for People Who Lost So Much and How We Can Support

“It’s about so much more than losing things and getting new things,” a friend said to me.
I’m rarely at a loss for words. But I’m struggling to express my feelings of shock, horror, and grief for the people of the Los Angeles area in the midst of the horrific fires that have devastated entire communities and robbed so many of their homes and all their physical possessions.
And my friend’s words have been occupying my mind.

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