DREAM.MAKE.NOW
14 Dec 2009 Author: Tim In: Mind & SoulThe one thing I appreciate most about people is our will to persevere even when we want to give up. It is in times of uncertainty where we recognize our strength and how it binds together peace, humility and our outlook on life. We are too strong of a people to let opportunities pass without [...]
Just the other day, one of my closest girlfriends revealed something to me. Something that I, myself has pondered on several occasions. It was heart retching to hear her describe what I’ve been battling with myself for years now and I didn’t know how to appease her cries. After we hung up the phone, I [...]
Notes From the Editor: Mediocrity
21 Oct 2009 Author: Birdie In: Mind & SoulSome people get used to having a certain degree of success. Or as I call it, non-success. There are people with so much talent that have become content, albeit, complacent with the comforts of being underachieving-overachievers.
Success by definition: achieving favorable outcome desired.
Let’s not blow up everyone else’s with established ‘intentions’ (that we’ve all heard before) [...]
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Why I Mentor
18 Sep 2009 Author: Tahira In: Education & BusinessThis question has been on my mind lately. Why do I mentor? What do I get out of it? I think it has everything to do with my own experience as a teenager and the absolute madness I experienced when I thought I knew it all. We have all been teenagers and we know what [...]
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I love to be complimented. Most people do. Who doesn’t?
“Nice shoes!” Thank you.
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“You are doing a damn good job with those boys!” Thank you.
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I love the attention. I enjoy being the life of the party.
SO…
Do you know why I want to cry sometimes? I [...]
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