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African Americans: Decide Your Destiny, Master Your Mind, Part 1

African Americans: Decide Your Destiny, Master Your Mind, Part 1 by: Bret Searles “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” Maya Angelou Our ability to exercise self-discipline is key to taki...

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The Best Way to Pick Up a Girl

The Best Way to Pick Up a Girl by: Paul Kyriazi You see her across the room. Ah, so attractive. But nobody to introduce her to you. 'Ah, I'll do a James Bond on her,' you think. Now what was Bond's first words to Pussy Galore...

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Bamboozled

Bamboozled by: Denni Gill Here’s the scenario: Julie, a hardworking secretary, lent money to her good friend Ray; $1300 to be exact. Ray had just moved to a new town and claimed that he needed two new suits: one for an upcoming wedding and one...

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Are Millionaires and PhDs Really Smarter? The answer may surprise you!

Are Millionaires and PhDs Really Smarter? The answer may surprise you! by: O'Vivian I’ve had a vast array of job experiences. While in high school, I worked as maid for a local motel. While attending college, I worked as an office worker ...

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An Unexpected Letter

An Unexpected Letter by: LeAnn R. Ralph It was a couple of weeks after Christmas, and I was standing by my mailbox in the vestibule of the apartment building where I lived in Lexington, Kentucky, holding a letter I had just received. The handwri...

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The Personality of Leadership

Personality of Leadership by: Jeff Earlywine Have you ever wondered what type of person or personality makes the best leader? Most would consider the answer to that question to be the person that has the greatest success, the largest organizatio...

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Just What Is a Learning Disability, Anyway

A learning disability is defined as a permanent problem that affects a person with average to above average intelligence, in the way that he/she receives, stores, and processes information.There are many wrong ideas out there about learning disabilit...

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King Narmer

Egypt was divided into two kingdoms, Upper and Lower Egypt, or the two lands. The first was founded in Lower Egypt, with Botu as its capital, the Papyrus as its sign, and the snake as its symbol. The Southern Kingdom had Nekhen as its capital, and th...

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Rebuilding Oneself ... the Universe's Basic Training

I remember Air Force Basic Training. My Training Instructor not only wanted to teach me the military way, but he also wanted to break me down so that he could rebuild me according to the needs of the military. These are two of the underlying premises...

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Don't Accept Things the Way They Are- Instead Take Action

Joan Didion, an American writer, novelist said The willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life is the source from which self-respect springs.Often we accept the consensus opinion of the majority as truth. We accept what others say or do...

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