How to Build Something Substantial

Fire hydrant outside of Paisley Park. Did you make a New Year’s resolution? If you did, chances are good that you’ve abandoned it by now, because 80% of resolutions fail by February. But if you managed to beat the odds and keep your resolution going, you...
Are You a Courageous Dresser?

Are You a Courageous Dresser?

Wearing sequins to a Minnesota Timberwolves game? Why not! With 13 days of dressing the part under my belt, I’m starting to feel like I’m becoming a more courageous dresser. Adhering to my rules about no jeans, no loungewear before 6 p.m. (even when...
God’s Favorite Color

God’s Favorite Color

Our family lost a home in the Great Recession of 2008. Eight years later, we were living a simpler life – one that was leaner, greener and richer. What I didn’t realize was that in order to take the final step in healing, I needed to add the color purple to my life’s...

How to Dress to Stand Out

Andre Cymone, Prince and Dez Dickerson on Dec. 5, 1981 in Chicago. (Photo by Paul Natkin) This experience of Dressing the Part has placed me — sometimes uncomfortably — in the position of dressing outside the norm of my environment. Beyond the fact that I...

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