The anniversary of TR's birthday, October 27th, is an appropriate time to commemorate his historic leadership. …
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The anniversary of TR's birthday, October 27th, is an appropriate time to commemorate his historic leadership. …
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Debbie Laskey has two decades of marketing experience and an MBA Degree. She developed her marketing expertise while working in the high-tech industry, the Consumer Marketing Department at Disneyland …
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Sept. 17, 1787, is the date on which the United States Constitution was read and engrossed in final form at the constitutional convention. Benjamin Franklin, then 81 years old, was too frail to make a …
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The timeless topic of humility appears more timely than ever today. Self-regard, self-assertion, self-consciousness.....self-, self-, self-... these are the found on the surface everywhere. …
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Martin Seligman is recognized as the prime mover of the "positive psychology" movement. His latest book, Flourish, strives to evolve from "authentic happiness" to "well-being" theory. Among the …
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Do you tip hotel housekeepers? Most people would never neglect to provide a tip for a bellman or restaurant wait staff. Yet many people apparently don't provide for hotel housekeepers. Surely we …
“There is little use for the being whose tepid soul knows nothing of great and generous emotion, of the high pride, the stern belief, the lofty enthusiasm, of the men who quell the storm and ride the thunder… It is war-worn Hotspur, spent with hard fighting, he of the many errors and valiant end, over whose memory we love to linger, not over the memory of the young lord who ‘but for the vile guns would have been a valiant soldier.'”
“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.”
Who Am I Serving?
How Can I Best Serve?
Am I Making My Unique Contribution?
What Am I Becoming?
“History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads. People get the history they deserve.”