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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...
12/07/2021
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 ...
12/01/2021
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...
11/20/2021
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...
11/16/2021
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...
11/08/2021
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"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
11/04/2021
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...
11/02/2021
"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...
10/31/2021
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...
10/25/2021
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“Patience is power; with time and patience, the mulberry leaf becomes silk.” – Chinese ProverbFor many entrepreneurs, you have reached success despite countless obstacles. How many times do you get knocked down, and you get back up? And keep going. There will be many reasons along the way to quit...
10/19/2021