I’m a big fan of Ralph Waldo Emerson. That’s why I’m happy to share an article today by Daniel Berkowitz about him. In addition to freelancing for websites and magazines, Daniel is a student at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Before enrolling, he played baseball and majored in Religious Studies at Vassar College. His…

What makes you happy? Many people say lots of money or expensive things. Kids tend to reach for the biggest one of something, thinking bigger is better. Many of us still do that. We think more expensive or fancier is better and that having those kinds of things will make us happier. But often that…

The economy has been bad for a while. People and businesses are struggling. Yet there are many people and businesses that are rising above that with a mentality of optimism. I’m one of them. You can be too Jon Gordon, author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller, The Energy Bus has a new book about…

Today is Independence Day in the US. Our country got it’s freedom and we celebrate that. Make this also a day for your own freedom–from what others want from you, from old beliefs, from limitations and all the other things that hold you back from what you want to do. Try something different today, however…

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