https://youtu.be/sb1tgdRXKD4 Few Reach For Success Success is a word that gets thrown around quite a bit. 'I want to be successful' 'How I succeeded' 'Success is within reach.' But let's start with defining what success is. I won't break out dictionaries, what I will do instead is recall from my self help phase of late …
https://youtu.be/073vRkIPE7Y The Most Complex Machinery In The World The human brain is a very intricate piece of machinery, and it created still intricate but less so beings, say cars for example. Still complex, but cannot take on a life of it's own. And it goes beyond just the complexity of one human brain. The addition …
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https://youtu.be/dALMq_DiaRw The Geese & The Farmer Old Europe, I talked briefly on old Europe some weeks back, how things are so neatly structured and organized. It's all so comfortable and the United States has become that way. And is it so out of the ordinary to say that people stop reaching in such an environment? …
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Looping animation of ocean waves from under water. https://youtu.be/XFu43FBVyMw Heading Into the Abyss It's been more then 3 years now since I left corporate America. it was a very predictable life that most people are naturally drawn to with obvious reason which I'll get to in a moment. But basically what would likely happen is …
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https://youtu.be/-x2-Mi45iKc Work Is Busy In the United States, as in many other developed nations, religion takes on less precedence. This is often not the case when in developing countries. Take Africa, where I am right now and Nigeria specifically. A number of months ago, I made a trip up to Kano, the major city in …
https://youtu.be/DeUERZjum9M This is the first time I've returned to a foreign country. I've visited/lived in. And it's for a purpose. And part of that purpose is being that I left the place I'm originally from, for a reason, and that reason is what I'm going to attempt to explain to a land I ought to …
https://youtu.be/sywpOyXnAfI Choosing One or The Other I believe it was Robert Frost who wrote the poem about two roads diverging down a yellow road, and choosing to be the later and taking the road less traveled. Now there can be many different types of interpretations on what this means, but here's one. There are two …
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https://youtu.be/DnluAjc8dmk Some Things Never Change Times change, faces change, technology changes, but human nature remains a constant. We still have the same needs and demands as our ancestors did tens of thousands of years ago. We still need to eat, clothes on our backs and a roof over our heads. therefore, there are certain applicable …
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When Conflict Occurs Conflict is an inevitability. The goals and intentions of one person does not always align to the goals and intentions of another. In other words, what I want is different then what you want, and when our interests are at odds, that is when conflict occurs. That is where there is a …
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https://youtu.be/hKzZmAM2Bao The longer I'm outside of the States, the less American I feel. This journey into West Africa has been interesting to say the least. And from what it seems at the time of this writing, productive (unless I get screwed over which is always a possibility.) But, here are some reflections of my time …
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