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Dec 25 2011

Positive Thinking Affects Financial Success

Posted by Henri Degre in Uncategorized, tags: , , , , , , ,

How is that people from less than wealthy backgrounds earn billions with seemingly no effort? Reading some of their stories may make you feel resentful and defeated - like perhaps you missed out on something that they didn’t. The truth is that success comes from hard work, like it or not. Hard work isn’t the only element for success. Success is also part luck, taking advantage of opportunities and maintaining a positive attitude.

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Oct 22 2011

Easing the Life of a Hospitalized Friend

Posted by Henri Degre in Uncategorized, tags: , , , , ,

Hospitals can be big, scary places. I had a friend tell me one time that she didn’t like going to hospitals, even to visit, because hospitals were where people went to die.

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Oct 08 2011

Ordinary Men, Extraordinary Role Models

Posted by Henri Degre in Uncategorized, tags: , , , , , , ,

Media today is constantly bombarding our children with images and messages of how they should act and how they should dress. Even Disney shows like Hannah Montana that we assume would be fine for our children to watch, portray a girl that has a hard time hearing the word “no” and often dresses much older than her age would warrant. While they do try to put a lesson of some kind in these TV shows, it still sends our children the message that they should look or act like the TV star.

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