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01 Jun 2009
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The Power of Prayer

These days, getting money and housing together is a tricky issue. So there was good news from Florida, one of the hardest hit real-estate markets, when the Miami-area chapter of the Collective Banking Group (CBG) renewed its partnership with, and received commitments... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate

14 Feb 2020
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Trump and I Disagreed at the National Prayer Breakfast. But We Listened to Each Other.

February 7, 2020
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America's Crisis of Contempt: What I Said in My Address to the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday

By: Arthur C. Brooks

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10 Mar 2014
News

Mindful Leaders for the C-Suite

Keywords: meditation; mindfulness; journaling; work-life balance; prayer

January 2025
Supplement

Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Young Minister Confronts the Challenges of Montgomery (B)

By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Derek C. M. van Bever

Recounts a pivotal moment in Martin Luther King Jr.'s life during the Montgomery Bus Boycott, where a profound prayer amidst threats to his life renewed his faith and resolve to lead the movement. This transformative experience marked the beginning of his lifelong... View Details

Keywords: Spirituality; Civil Rights; Manging Uncertainty; Leadership; Decision Making; Values and Beliefs; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Power and Influence; Alabama

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February 22, 2010

The doctors have been pleasantly surprised that I have responded to therapy better than they would have imagined. I have been greatly blessed through the miracle of medical science. I also attribute doing better to the faith and prayers... View Details

03 Oct 2023
Research Event

Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

allows you to meet the rising of your life and lifts other people up? And so changing the paradigm to how-- not just what am I going to do, but how am I going to serve? How am I going to serve? And my prayer for myself since I was a... View Details

Keywords: by HBS Staff

06 Jun 2011
Research & Ideas

Why Leaders Lose Their Way

requires discipline. Some people practice meditation or yoga to relieve stress, while others find solace in prayer or taking long runs or walks. Still others find relief through laughter, music, television, sporting events, and reading.... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

01 Dec 2019
News

Remix

I’m the answered prayer of my great-great-great-grandmother, who endured slavery, what can I do with the resources I have to level the playing field for other black women?” “If I’m the answered prayer of my... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Chris Sorensen; #MeToo; DefJam; Arts, Entertainment

Portrait Project

Phil Black

to 5 children within 10 years eat dinner with the whole family four nights a week kneel for prayers with our children each night have a big family brunch every Sunday with banana pancakes and whipped cream imprint family with values of... View Details

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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About

pealed atop the gate tower of the Danilov Monastery and comprise one of a few sets that survived Stalin’s reign. Bells are known as “singing icons” in the Russian Orthodox Church, calling the people to prayer and serving as daily... View Details

06 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Are You a Level-Six Leader?

morning after he finishes his prayers is to ask himself, "How can I help to make the world better today?" Imagine if our senior political and business leaders started their day by asking that question and acting on the answer.... View Details

Keywords: by Mitch Maidique

01 Dec 2015
Blog Post

What is the HBS FIELD Program?

exploring New Delhi on a daily basis. We tackled project work as well as cultural immersions including a rickshaw bike ride through the old streets of Delhi and watching the local weekly prayer ceremony. Our FIELD 2 team bond has yet to... View Details

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Robert Carpenter

the pieces and make sense of failure and loss. These are not individually striking moments, yet the peace I find in them speaks its own truth about who I am and what I am called to do. I keep a prayer by the theologian John Baillie on... View Details

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Islamic Society | MBA

HBS Muslims while actively engaging the larger HBS community on issues related to Islam. Annual Events Friday prayer in the HBS Chapel Thursday evening prayers in the HBS Chapel Open reception for the two... View Details

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Catholic Students Association | MBA

is to provide a support community for members of the Catholic Faith to practice and explore their beliefs. Our goal is to create a church for members of the HBS community while they are away from home or in transition to a new home. Annual Events Weekly Mass Weekly... View Details

09 Mar 2015

HBS 2+2 Information Session at Ohio State University

Join us to learn more about the 2+2 application process to the MBA at HBS. The event will include a presentation and an opportunity to ask questions to an Admissions Officer. Registration is not required but encouraged. The session will begin at 5:00PM in the... View Details

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Michael Holt

that day: (1) Religious tolerance, as I, a Christian, uttered a thousand quick prayers to God, Allah, Buddha, Zeus, who ever was possibly responsible for my safe landing, and (2) that growth comes from facing challenges with a leap of... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Turning Point: The Dark Season

I’m unemployed.” Yet every day I was leading a prayer conference call for hundreds of people from across the country. The feedback was that my words were extremely encouraging and helpful. So there’s a sense of envy in realizing God’s... View Details

Keywords: Jonathan Wilkins (MBA 2007, MDiv 2009)

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Rafiq Ahmed

family has always embraced religion as a stabilizing force in our lives. My identity as a Shia Ismaili Muslim was instilled in me through regular prayer and attendance at our community Jamatkhana. I did not grow up as an “Asian American”... View Details

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