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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Building Social Skills Among Homeschooled Children.

Building Social Skills Among Homeschooled Children.
There are many places outside of school where children interact. One of the most prevalent questions posed to parents who homeschool their children concerns the perceived absence of the opportunity for...
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My Picks for Superbowl XLIII

My Picks for Superbowl XLIII
My picks for Superbowl XLIII, featuring the Pittsburgh Steelers vs. the Arizona Cardinals. Who will win and why, both straight up and against the spread. Also, predictions for the over/under, Superbowl MVP, and the opening coin flip.
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My Picks for the Conference Championship Round of the 2009 NFL Playoffs

My Picks for the Conference Championship Round of the 2009 NFL Playoffs
Another week of reruns, but of course, both of these retreads are going to be well worth watching. One is a genuine grudge match; with no hyperbole needed to sell it as such. The other is the most unlikely conference championship matchup ever; featuring two teams that weren't even supposed to be worthy of being in the playoffs in the first place. Can it get any better than this?
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My Picks for the Divisional Round of the 2009 NFL Playoffs

My Picks for the Divisional Round of the 2009 NFL Playoffs
Well, my Wildcard Round picks could have been better. Ended up 2-2 straight up (Bal. + Phil.) and 1-3 (only Philly came through for me) against the spread. But I'm back and I'm ready to turn it all around...
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My Picks for the Wildcard Round of 2009 NFL Playoffs

My Picks for the Wildcard Round of 2009 NFL Playoffs
The Cardinals led by 37 year old Kurt Warner host the Falcons and their 23 year old rookie. Atlanta is hot having won three straight and seven of their last nine, while Arizona limped to the finish after clinching a playoff spot going 1-5 since that time. Furthermore, the cardinals are just 3-7 outside of their own division...
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Thursday, February 5, 2009

Do You Allow Your Regrets to Kill Your Dreams?

Are You Dwelling on the Past or Moving Forward?

Everybody has things in their life that they wish they would have done differently. The decisions we make during our lives can have unknown and sometimes far reaching effects on our future -both good and bad. One of the biggest keys to a good life is to learn from past failures without letting them destroy your dreams for the future. There are important lessons to be learned from failure, but fear of risk isn't one of them. In order to succeed you must accept risk and generally the bigger the dream the larger the risk.

Before success comes in any man's life he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps, some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to quit. That is exactly what the majority of men do.~ Napoleon Hill

Many of the most successful people in the world have failed in their early ventures, some more than once. Bill Gates, consistently at the top of the list of the world's richest people list, failed miserably with a business designed to analyze automobile traffic flow. The Walt Disney empire started less than spectacularly with an independent studio partnership that collapsed after just one month. Henry Ford went bankrupt with five businesses before he finally made it with the Ford Motor Company.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

The reason that some people eventually succeeded and others failed is that they didn't let past regrets destroy their dreams. Instead, they learned from their missteps and kept working toward their goals. It's the dreamers who create a place for themselves in the world. Meanwhile, those who are consumed by past regrets only doom themselves to continued failure.

Failure should be a stepping stone, not a roadblock. Keep your dreams alive.

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