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Where are the Clues to Your Bigger and Better Life?
How do you know what your calling in life is? Some people know very early in life. Mozart wrote his first symphony at the age of eight; Paul McCartney wrote his first song when he was fourteen. So some have it figured out quite early. Not all of us do. Or sometimes we know and [...]
Time Management and Achievement: How to Write Four Books in Two Years
How did I write 4 books in 2 years? The power of focus, time management, and a passion for what I’m doing along with a specific goal and vision. Before I tell you how I did it, let’s get some ideas from other successful time managers to see how to best manage one’s time. A [...]
Finding the Right Career for You: The Solution is Most Likely Not What You Expected
How have you gone about finding the right career? Have you talked to a high school counselor? Maybe you’ve gone to a college, even, and sought counseling there. Or maybe you’ve consulted family, friends, or you’ve decided on the proper career. If you’ve done any or all of the above, just how confident are you [...]
Determining Your SuccessTypes Learning Style Type is Critical to Your Achievement
I know I sound like a broken record, but here is more critical self-understanding few high school or college students achieve or at least to the level needed for greater if not greatest achievement. For not having a thorough understanding of one’s talents, abilities, gifts, weaknesses, learning style, intelligence type(s), SuccessType, and more, how can [...]
Ten Cents and Your Bachelors Degree Will Get You a Cup of Coffee: How to Avoid Financial Trouble
Never mind that because of the influx of community colleges over the years, grades have inflated creating an influx of unmotivated students putting a downward pressure on academic standards. Never mind that most jobs don’t even require a degree, that it is more of a demarcation point for human resources. Never mind all that . [...]
Where are the Clues to Your Bigger and Better Life?
How do you know what your calling in life is? Some people know very early in life. Mozart wrote his first symphony at the age of eight; Paul McCartney wrote his first song when he was fourteen. So some have it figured out quite early. Not all of us do. Or sometimes we know and [...]
Why is the Majority of Your College Education a Waste of Time
Education today, to a great degree, is wasting time, money, and effort-the time and effort of the student and, to a great degree, the parents’ money. Let’s begin by dispelling the myth that teachers (for now let’s talk primary and secondary) are all that and a bag of chips. Teachers are not only given too [...]
Dear Mayor Villaraigosa, Our Schools Are In a Mess and I’d Like to Help
High school graduation rates in certain states, like California, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas, and ten others hovers around 50%. That’s close to a third of the U.S. At the top are states that graduate 80%, but most of those states don’t even have 1 million residents, such as North and South Dakota, and Montana, and [...]
College Tips to Help Save Time, Money, Aggravation, and Your Sanity: Career
Let’s begin with what you’re all shooting for in the first place (I hope): Career satisfaction and success In college, generally one thing is acquired: knowledge. Very rarely will you learn the critical skills and attitudes needed for success in your career or, for that matter, life (family, social, political, etc.) However, for now let’s [...]
You May Not Care About Your Success But the Rest of the World Does
Some say that distraction is the tool of the devil or that which gets us off track from doing great things in our lives not only for ourselves but for others. Now some may not believe in the devil and some may believe that they are happy and don’t need change. Not believing in the [...]
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