Archive for May, 2007
Saturday, May 26th, 2007
Lessons of Life - Things I’ve Learned
I’ve learned —that you shouldn’t compare yourself to the best others can do.
I’ve learned—that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.
I’ve learned—that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.
I’ve learned—that either you control your attitude or it controls you.
I’ve learned—that regardless of how [...]
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Saturday, May 19th, 2007
Building Character Through the Airwaves
Anne Beiler, owner of Auntie Anne’s Pretzels and several other donors are backing a new television series that examines the character of great Americans. “The airwaves could use some character,†suggests Ms. Beiler.
Candid Conversations with Great Americans, co-produced with Bryan Hickox, a 45-year television veteran, will profile influential people who may or may not be [...]
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Saturday, May 12th, 2007
Trade Offs
We live in an age of new technologies, higher and faster forms of communications complete with all kinds of new inventions, methods of marketing and exposure to emerging opportunities worldwide. Behind all of this demand for newer and better things, there is one quality, which we must possess in order to win, and that is [...]
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Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Acres of Diamonds
Russell Conwell, a former Baptist minister, delivered a speech all over America, which perhaps became the most famous speech during his time (1870–1920), known as “Acres of Diamonds.”
This true story, with an ageless moral, is about a farmer who lived in Africa. Diamonds had already been discovered in abundance on the African continent and a [...]
