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Guest Opinion: What I’ve learned from quitters

By Daphne Christensen | Practice manager, Koch Facial Plastic Surgery & Spa 

As I write this, I am sitting ergonomically incorrect at my windowless office in a bustling West Des Moines medical practice. My space is …

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Elbert Files: Letter to a granddaughter

Dear Bix,

That’s what we’re calling you. Along with Bea, Bixy and Bea-nut.
Your full name is Beatrix Anne Elbert.

You were born in the early hours of Oct. 4, 2018, in New York.
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Guest Opinion: Questions to ask in an exit plan

Exit planning can be a challenging but extremely rewarding endeavor. Shifting from a growth “day to day” mindset toward one where my clients look beyond today can be quite challenging.  However, taking time to reflect …

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Elbert Files: Our game-changing economy

If you’re an investor and don’t have vertigo by now, you clearly haven’t been paying attention, because this year’s stock market has had more peaks and valleys than Wyoming’s Grand Teton mountains.

With the election …

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Guest opinion: Making demands (that you deserve)

By Kirsten Anderson | Founder, Equitas Solutions

There is a negative connotation when it comes to the idea of making demands. This is understandable because “demands” are usually associated with a last resort mentality and sense of …

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The Elbert Files: Krause building soars

“When I first came here [in early 2014], it was clear that this building had to fly,” world renowned architect Renzo Piano said during the recent opening of the Krause Gateway Center at 1459 Grand …

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Guest Opinion: Iowa’s higher ed needs more than schools run by regents

Randy Evans | Iowa Freedom of Information Council   One of Iowa’s oldest colleges bought another year of existence last week, but the fate of our smaller institutions of higher education has received too little…
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Guest opinion: Cultivating a life of simplicity

By Laura Giles | Associate advisor, Foster Group

What if we could all live lives of simplicity? Lives that are focused on the important things and aren’t muddied by the noise and busyness of life? The…
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The Elbert Files: Searching for ‘better angels’

“The past is never dead; it’s not even past.” 

That line from a William Faulkner novel inspired historian Jon Meacham to write “The Soul of America, the Battle for Our Better Angels,” a new book …

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Guest opinion: Why do we compete for position?

By Brianne Fitzgerald | Executive director, B Greater Consulting

I was listening to a podcast recently in which a woman had been through a low point in her life and had come to the realization that many …