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Are you broken or merely broke?
There is a difference between being broke, without money, and being broken, without spirit. A lack of money can be overcome. A person lacking spirit can be defeated with little effort. You’ve probably heard how circus elephants are trained. While young they are chained to a deeply set stake from which they cannot break free.…
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Ignorance is bliss. Knowledge is power.
We lived in a big, drafty house on the outskirts of a small town in rural New York state. The doors were never locked. Locks had been built into each of the wooden entry doors, but the skeleton keys that fit them were lost long before we moved in. This was the first house my…
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Success strategies of the young and cute
Two young boys had positioned their business in the perfect location, at the mail boxes where each resident came to pickup their mail after work. They setup their table across the sidewalk, effectively ensuring they would not be easily passed by. Access to the mail boxes could only be attained by walking around them on…
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It’s the little things that matter most
When you’re out of money, it’s the little things that matter most. Given a choice between food and mascara, which would you choose? If you’re a woman the choice is obvious, mascara. You have to feel good about yourself if you’re going to get out there to improve your situation. This points out the biggest…
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What is important?
Imagine driving down the highway about 60 miles per hour when a large dump truck crosses the dividing line into your lane no more than 200 feet in front of you. Time slows to a crawl as your head-on collision becomes imminent. What’s going through your mind? What’s important? Are you thinking about that project…
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The allure of being special
When did you figure out that you were not special? You’re parents probably tried to convince you that you were, when you were young, but then you were thrust into a world without their oversight, school. Was your specialness confirmed? It’s not our position that matters, but rather the journey itself that brings us our…