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41 Tough Questions to ask your Dad

41 Tough Questions to ask your Dad

[ 3 ] January 30, 2011

“Father taught us that opportunity and responsibility go hand in hand. I think we all act on that principle; on the basic human impulse that makes a man want to make the best of what’s in him and what’s been given him.” Stay hungry Stay foolish!  That’s Steve Jobs motto, now apply it to education, [...]

5 Minute Interview: Mitchell Brown

5 Minute Interview: Mitchell Brown

[ 2 ] January 27, 2011

Question #1 Alvin: Who are you, what do you do, and what do you enjoy most about it? Mitchell: My name is Mitchell Brown. I am a husband, father and writer, but mostly I am a stay at home dad with my two young daughters who are 4 and 2 years old. To be perfectly [...]

Neil Pasricha: Be you and be cool with it

Neil Pasricha: Be you and be cool with it

[ 3 ] January 25, 2011

And when that bad news washes over you, and when that pain sponges and soaks in, I just really hope you feel like you’ve always got two choices. One, you can swirl and twirl and gloom and doom forever, or two, you can grieve and then face the future with newly sober eyes. Having a [...]

Be In the Arena, Not in the Crowd

Be In the Arena, Not in the Crowd

[ 0 ] January 22, 2011

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face in marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again

5 Minute Interview: Lachlan Cotter

5 Minute Interview: Lachlan Cotter

[ 3 ] January 20, 2011

Question #1 Alvin: Who are you, what do you do, and what do you enjoy most about it? Lach:  I’m a spiritual badass in human form. I practice conscious self-actualisation by systematically identifying and demolishing fears. I also coach others on doing the same in their own lives. The juice of life is in riding [...]

You May Be a Man… IF

You May Be a Man… IF

[ 6 ] January 16, 2011

IF If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you But make allowance for their doubting too, If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or [...]

5 Minute Interview: Kevin Carroll (Katalyst)

5 Minute Interview: Kevin Carroll (Katalyst)

[ 0 ] January 14, 2011

Question #1  Alvin: Who are you, what do you do, and what do you enjoy most about it? Kevin: Kevin Carroll,Katalyst. Author/Speaker/Agent for Social Change. I travel all around the globe speaking to businesses, communities and students about how the power of sport/play can be a catalyst to improve creativity, problem-solving, innovation and a tool [...]

The Sartorialist. A day with Scott Schuman

The Sartorialist. A day with Scott Schuman

[ 0 ] January 14, 2011

When I worked in the fashion industry (15 years), I always felt that there was a disconnect between what I was selling in the showroom and what I was seeing real people (really cool people) wearing in real life. – Scott Schuman

John F. Kennedy: Change is the law of life

John F. Kennedy: Change is the law of life

[ 0 ] January 14, 2011

For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future. – John F. Kennedy Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there [...]

The Lost Art of a Manly Shoe Shine

The Lost Art of a Manly Shoe Shine

[ 0 ] January 8, 2011

Did you know that one of the first things people notice about you is your shoes?

5 Minute Interview: Lance Ekum

5 Minute Interview: Lance Ekum

[ 2 ] January 7, 2011

Question #1 Alvin: Who are you, what do you do, and what do you enjoy most about it? Lance: Hi, I’m Lance Ekum.  More than just that name, though – I’m a husband, father, lover of life, inspirer of others, creator of good. I write an inspirational/personal growth blog at the Jungle of Life.  Life [...]

James Earl Jones: I was a stutterer. I couldn’t talk

James Earl Jones: I was a stutterer. I couldn’t talk

[ 0 ] January 7, 2011

More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I go back to my grandfather. – James Earl Jones One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can’t utter.  - James Earl Jones What was his unique style or personality that set him [...]

Video: Failure is Not an Option

Video: Failure is Not an Option

[ 0 ] January 4, 2011

“You can not operate in this room unless you believe you’re superman and whatever happens you’re capable of solving the problem – Gene Kranz”

20 Bold Quotes on Responsibility

20 Bold Quotes on Responsibility

[ 2 ] January 3, 2011

The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.  – Einstein  If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams. -  Les Brown A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he [...]

Video: We choose to go to the moon

Video: We choose to go to the moon

[ 0 ] January 2, 2011

The New Frontier of which I speak is not a set of promises — it is a set of challenges. It sums up not what I intend to offer the American people, but what I intend to ask of them. – JFK

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