I’m reading the latest book from best-selling author Jack Canfield, titled The Success Principles, which comprise 64 different lessons that Canfield has learned during the past three decades as as a highly-successful entrepreneur, instructor, best-selling author and keynote speaker. My goal is to write a summary review for each chapter, every day until I’m finished with [...]
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The End of TV’s Best Show….
Comedian Ernie Kovacs is known for the quote, “Television: A medium – so called because it is neither rare nor well done.” In most instances I tend to agree with Kovacs’ assessment except in the case of “Friday Night Lights,” (FNL) which has its series finale on NBC tomorrow night. For five seasons, this [...]
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The Success Principles: #2 – chapter review
I’m reading the latest book from best-selling author Jack Canfield, titled The Success Principles, which comprise 64 different lessons that Canfield has learned during the past three decades as as a highly-successful entrepreneur, instructor, best-selling author and keynote speaker. My goal is to write a summary review for each chapter, every day until I’m finished with [...]
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Angry Birds: 10 Games That Didn’t Make the Cut
Blockbuster game “Angry Birds” I don’t understand the game Angry Birds. I’ve never played it but virtually everybody I know does – I don’t get it. At its core, the game pelts suicidal birds at shoddily constructed buildings in the hopes that the structures will collapse on and kill green pigs that are inside. Could [...]
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Flash Mob in Maine Celebrates 7.4.2011
I still don’t get tired of flash mobs especially when they’re so well orchestrated and coordinated with a purpose much like a marching band and July 4th. I mean really, when does a parade ever come to you!
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The Success Principles: #1 – chapter review
>I’m currently reading a book by Jack Canfield, co-creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul series, titled The Success Principles, which comprise 64 different lessons that Canfield has learned during the past three decades as as a highly-successful entrepreneur, instructor, best-selling author and keynote speaker. At the same time, I’m currently participating in a few different [...]
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What a Bag of Urine Taught Me About Faith
> Making a “lens” from a bag ofurine to focus sunlight to create fire We spent the July 4th weekend at my in-laws and as most of you can relate – conversations with family and friends often go all over the place. One of the conversation topics that came up was a cable show called Dual [...]
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The Greatest Freedom???
> In most of our minds, the term “freedom” is synonymous with “America.” Because we embrace that general, overarching ideal of freedom, it’s easy to sometimes forget that the large concept of freedom we enjoy in this country is comprised of many important yet seemingly “smaller freedoms” that make up the whole. This morning I went to [...]
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3 Kinds of "Doers" From the Bible
> Charlton Heston as Moses:“Disobedient Doer” When my wife and I ask our daughters to complete a chore or task around the house they always do it, which is a blessing. But as I think about it, there are different ways they sometimes “do” a thing or complete a task – some of those ways [...]
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4 July 4th Holiday Traditions
This holiday weekend is a family favorite for us. The girls are out of school, the weather is awesome and it’s a great time to relax. While there have been some tweaks to it over the years, every July 4th weekend there are four traditions that our family tends to follow: 1. Parade – we [...]
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