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"Concentration is the secret of strength" ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Everyone wants to succeed in some area of their life.  Most people also have personal dreams, aspirations, and goals for achieving in life. Unfortunately, while most haven't given up on our dreams, we are far from reaching them. So, ...

Each holiday season, we give to our friends, family members, neighbors, co-workers, strangers, and so on. The joy of giving is Extraordinary. Priceless!Giving can also be a powerful asset to your business, in addition to personal satisfaction and feeling good.You are the business owner, and you k...

Time is fleeting. That’s for sure. It’s close to the beginning of a new year. New goals. And new directions.Of course, building, managing, and growing a business is complex, especially at the outset. It’s a project so much bigger than you are. Its sheer size and complexity can be daunting to the ...

The headlines are grim.  The nation is more bitterly divided than in living memory, the rhetoric more heated and political.  Hardly a week goes by without news of violence: murders, shootings, protests, threats, or other equally dark news. It's easy to react with bitterness or anger. It's easy to...

We live in a world where instant gratification is the norm. It's what we've all grown to expect.  And in many cases, to outright demand.  It is simply the shape of the world we live in today.Much research has been done on the power of delaying gratification. The results reveal that delayed gratif...

Updated Post: 11/8/21 TWENTY-TWO SOULS - ONE GOALDragon Boat racing is the fastest-growing water sport in the world. Today, the Dragon Boat Festival is held annually in different nations worldwide. In China alone, 20 million people are active in this sport.Twenty paddlers, one drummer, and one st...

 "Words matter, and the right words matter most of all. In the end they're all that remain of us." - John Birmingham, British-Australian Author

In many ways, our modern society is biased against introverts, especially in Western culture.  Our image of a successful person is essentially the "Person of Action!" This, of course, is an extrovert image.  The hustler.  The go-getter.  The thrill-seeker.  The champ.  The larger-than-life Captai...

"You must strive to find your own voice. Because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all….Carpe, carpe. Carpe diem. -- Make your lives extraordinary." – Henry David Thoreau, quoted by the character John Keating (Robin Williams) in the Movie "Dead Poets Society," wr...

Right now, we're experiencing what amounts to a worldwide technological renaissance. Hardly a week goes by that we don't read about some fantastic new invention or discovery.How did we get here, and how long will it last? No one can answer the second question.  But as to the first, the Boomer gen...