
10 Things You May Not Know About Your Car Insurance
1. If your friend drives your car and wrecks it, your insurance pays the damages. FunnyJunk.com This is because the insurance follows the car, not the driver. 2. Everyone in your house that is of driving age, whether they have insurance or not, is rated on your policy. Buzzfeed.com From the insurance company’s perspective, if they live in the house, then there’s a chance they will drive the car and because the insurance follows the car and not the driver, if someone in the ho

5 Signs That You are Overthinking Your Event
If you have an analytical personality, you probably overthink a lot of things. It could be anything from analyzing relationships, past decisions, current situations, future scenarios, or even just a text message before hitting send for way too long. Side effects of overthinking include stress, (which can cause high blood pressure) obsessing, wasting time, and the inability to make decisions. 1)The “What if this happened?” mentality If you’re constantly running different scena

Conscious Capitalism – A New Paradigm
While making money is essential for the vitality and sustainability of a business, it is not the only or even the most important reason a business exists. Conscious businesses focus on their purpose beyond profit. We all need meaning and purpose in our lives. It is one of the things that separates us from other animals. Purpose activates us and motivates us. It moves us to get up in the morning, sustains us when times get tough and serves as a guiding star when we stray off


Claretta Rideout Receives the Women's Business of the Year Award
Claretta Rideout, (left), Maryland Minority Contractors Association Award Winner, pictured with Joanne Jackson,(right) Minority Business Coordinator for Anne Arundel County Claretta Rideout, of Dequan’s Construction, LLC received the Women’s Business of the Year Award at the Maryland Minority Contractors Association’s 5th Summer Soiree and Awards Banquet held Friday July 17, 2015. Claretta, the Managing Director and Founder, was quoted as saying “you must believe you can ma


"This Little Light of Mine: The Fannie Lou Hamer Story" Review
On July 15, 2015, I attended the Annual March on Washington Film Festival at Metropolitan A.M.E. Church in Washington, D.C. and had the opportunity to watch a documentary entitled "This Little Light of Mine: The Fannie Lou Hamer Story". The documentary focused on Mrs. Hamer's activisim during and after the Civil Rights Movement. Fannie Lou Hamer, a sharecropper, was from Ruleville, Mississippi, with a 6th grade education. She believed that everyone deserved the right to vo