Creative Success Depends on Long View
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Cellular Base Station Range Extenders Vulnerable to Attack
Low-powered cellular base stations are often found in residential homes and small businesses where mobile coverage is scant.
The device, which also known as a femtocell, connects to DSL or cable connections and extends cellular coverage to a [...]
Sports: We Can Learn As Much About What NOT To Do As What To Do
Sports “guys” have written about the lessons sports can teach business and the world.
They have written books, become well paid speakers, and evolved into respected talking heads experts like Stephen A. Smith. John Wooden wrote Pyramid of [...]
Life’s Unpredictability Has A Silver Gold Lining
There’s a certain dread in running into someone or something unpredictable.
Not knowing what they’re going to do or what’s going to happen makes us uneasy even afraid of what the consequences might be. Our mind prevents us from venturing [...]
Shirley Temple Black: An Only/ Three Double Birth Order
Shirley Temple pasted away February 12, 2014.
From child actress to US Diplomat, was this a life of contrasts or could we predict it by looking at her birth order?
Conception and Birth
Her mother Gertrude wanted a girl and was told by a fortune [...]
Staying Accessible In The Winter
Imagine David, a wheel chair bound employee for ABC Corporation.
He is typically on time and will even work late to get the job done correctly. David is valued member of his work community and well-respected. However, the recent series of storms [...]
Colossal Dreams Take Colossal Actions
While moving through childhood, oftentimes, parents ask their kids, “What are you going to be when you grow up?”
Like most children, you didn’t possess a clue. You didn’t know what you faced when you grew up let alone what you might [...]
Have Problems Turned Into Blessings For You?
Ever had your day start off pretty good and then something happens that turns your world upside down?
. . . Like delays, missed opportunities and major nuisances that can suddenly make your blood boil way past simmer? Some of these problems [...]
Navigating The Awkward Side of Parenting
It’s time for the talk.
Julia Sweeney’s excellent TED conversation “It’s Time For The Talk” is a very humorous account of a situation that practically all parents find themselves in at one time or another. And I’ve got to say [...]
Top 5 Home Security System Scams
When a home security salesman comes a-knockin’, beware, pay attention and know what you are getting into.
He might not be who he says he is, or he might have tactics under his belt that will cost you big time.
WZZM reports, “For a couple [...]
Valentine’s Day, 1944, And 70 Years Later
For seventy years, their love has increased.
Like many young couples of the World War II era, my parents were in love, my dad was in the service, and they both knew he might not return. So on February 14, 1944, Dad proposed and Mom said, “Yes.” [...]
Mirror Mirror Online, Who Is the Most Dangerous Celebrity of Them All?
We all do it. We probably all just don’t admit it.
Well I admit it—I’ve searched for that elusive picture of Kimye’s baby North (who I thought would be called Kadence, but I’m not in the know, which is why I’m on the search engines [...]
Think It Is Time To Look For Some New Adventure In Your Life?
Does your life seem to drag you down and you feel a need to change the pace with some real excitement?
Sometimes, you just need to quit dreaming and get up to give yourself a new start in this brand new year. Do you think it will be easy? [...]
Sure You’re Finished With It?
I was going through my bookshelf and spotted “The Purpose Driven Life” by Rick Warren.
Haven’t looked at it in years – but isn’t that the way? Once you finish reading the book, watching the movie, painting the picture, you move on, [...]
Identity Thieves Go After the Deceased
There are a reported 2.5 million cases of identity theft among the deceased every year.
Theft of deceased people’s identity happens partly because of the availability of public records coupled with the time it takes for credit bureaus, [...]
4 Ways To Share Paid Hotspots
There are a number of scenarios you might be in where friends, family and colleagues need to jump on a (read: your) wireless connection, but they’d rather not pay a connection fee.
So if you have the goods right in front of you and they can [...]
A Super (Bowl) Lesson In Personal Branding
Back in the day – like maybe five years ago – it took a bit longer for an athlete, celebrity or CEO to wreck his or her reputation.
Heading into this year’s Super Bowl, we’re reminded again of how fast news travels in the digital [...]
Am I Allowed To Feel Joy?
Interesting question, isn’t it?
You’d be surprised at how many people would answer “Why yes, of course we deserve to feel joy all the time!”, but do not walk their talk.
We live in a culture that is infatuated with planning for the future, [...]
Have You Ever Been “Tickled” At Your Own Life?
How many times during the course of the day do you catch yourself actually laughing?
Laughing is very good for your overall health and attitude.
It releases a lot of emotions, helps you to visibility relax and recharges the soul and on top [...]
Podcast: The Power Of Chakras
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Bestselling author, Dr. Susan Shumsky, is a highly respected spiritual teacher and pioneer in the field of human potential. In this podcast, Susan discusses her latest book, The Power of Chakras: Unlock Your 7 Energy Centers [...]
What’s The Point Of $1 Million In Insurance For Identity Theft?
Honesty is the best policy, right?
I’ve spent my life being honest, and do you know what is the most important lesson I’ve learned is? The truth hurts. And when you (meaning me too) says it like it is, someone somewhere isn’t going to [...]
Do You Hear Your Life As An “Echo?”
Have you ever stopped for a moment to realize that what you send out – will come back to you?
If you sow in earnest and in love, you will reap the rewards.
What you give to others – you will get.
What you see in others – really [...]
Resolve To Reach Your New Year’s Resolutions
I enjoy the gym most when it’s quiet, which is why my favorite month to work out is December.
The treadmills are not only free; they’re nearly free of fingerprints.
Not so in January, when all who’ve pledged to become healthier show up [...]
Take A Cruise Or Face The Blues?
Join the “club” if the days right after the holidays are the most difficult times of the year.
We have been singing “it’s the most wonderful time of the year” for the past month and then suddenly – it’s [...]
Danger: Wireless Toilets Next On Hackers’ List
Just about anything wireless is hackable today.
Everything—from PCs to mobiles to tablets to home automation devices to pacemakers to insulin dispensers and even cars—are hackable.
And now “smart” toilets.
CNET reports, “[Smart] toilets [...]
Presence You Don’t Need to Wrap
No need for ribbons, bows, and wrapping paper for the gift of your Authentic Soul.
As this year draws to a close, I feel like there’s so much to do because of the imminent holiday gatherings that are on the horizon. Buying presents, wrapping [...]
Celebrate
“Celebrate!” I used to hate this time of the year because I didn’t WANT to celebrate, I didn’t believe in ANYTHING and all the people who put up obnoxious decorations and sang carols made me hate the season even more!
Then [...]
Reflecting On Mandela
We all have had a few weeks to reflect on the life and times of Nelson Mandela, an amazing revolutionary who fought for inequities at the risk of his own well being.
His life achievements have changed the world and how we look at violence, inequities, [...]
Card Issuers Losing $562 In Costs To Grey Charges
Hey merchants, yes you, BillGuard released a report that examined the grey charge problem among US debit and credit cardholders and the service costs impacting card issuers and retailers.
The report revealed 11 types of deceptive ‘grey charges’ [...]
Ways To Help Others Banish The Holiday Blues
It’s that time of year again. Black Friday has passed and hopefully we all survived.
Carols don the airwaves. Tree lots miraculous sprouted, and even if you live in a sunny California, as I do, you get frosted trees—bringing at least the [...]
North Carolinians Scammed For Millions Dating Online
This year, 17 such victims have reported a dating scam that has cost them a combined $700,000, says the North Carolina Attorney General’s office.
The typical victim is a woman in her early 60s. One victim sent her online Casanova nearly $1.3 [...]
Change Your Life With “Positive Attitude Changes Everything”
“How you doin’ Jack (or Jill)?” I asked a recreation-center friend last week.
“Same ole, same ole,” he said.
“Come on man,” I said. “We’ve got the ski season coming up and Christmas around the corner. That’s got to put [...]
House Keys For The Kids…When Your Children Are Ready
Going home to an empty house.
Education.com reports that according to the U.S. census, one-third of all school-age children in the United States are, for some part of the week, latchkey kids—that is, they go home to an empty house or [...]
Podcast: Teaching Kids To Win At Losing
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Dr. Frank Sileo is a NJ licensed psychologist with a private practice in Ridgewood, NJ and the author of four children’s books including Sally Sore Loser: A Story about Winning and Losing.
He is often the “go [...]
I’ll be Thankful When I’m Happy This Holiday Season
I’ve got news for you – if you think you’ll be super grateful when you are happy, you may be waiting a long time!
We’re notorious for thinking a visit from a special person, gifts under the tree, good skiing weather, lots of fabulous [...]
Break The Status Quo & See Your Dreams Break Out Into Reality
So often we build things up in our minds to be way bigger than they really are.
We convince ourselves that what we want is going to take too much time and too much work and we will never “see our dreams come true.”
Basically, we [...]
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