Archive for September, 2009

Road Signs For Success

By Paula Lau The young man stood before me with tears slowly streaming down his face. His bedraggled appearance and red-rimmed eyes told an all too familiar story. As his instructor, I had watched him go steadily downhill during the weeks that class had been in session. Missed classes, late homework and poor grades were only part of the story. With each successive week he looked more tired, less well kept and had a glazed-eyed look that I learned was due more to personal problems than my teaching ability. He approached me one day after class to tell me of… Read More

September 30th, 2009 at 7:28pm

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Road Signs For Success

By Jim Whitt The leader of a revolution passed away recently but there wasn’t much about it in the news. No country has been immune to this revolution yet it is unique because no shots have been fired by the participants. No buildings have been bombed or burned. Instead, the landscapes of poverty- stricken nations have been transformed to save millions of lives, dramatically improve the standard of living of their populations and improve the habitats for all forms of plants and wildlife.

September 23rd, 2009 at 6:42pm

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Road Signs For Success

By Kay Caldwell I am a big fan of the book The Secret by Rhonda Byrne. Not too long ago, I was watching television on a slow night and channel searched to The Bachelor. For those of you who have not seen this show, a man is presented with a couple of dozen women and chooses, after many weeks of getting to know them, the one true love that he might want to marry. That night, there was one young lady the bachelor was interested in and chose to have a private conversation with her. She shared that she has… Read More

September 16th, 2009 at 5:46pm

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Road Signs For Success

By Sondra Whitt What do you usually think of when you hear the word “generosity?” I think of someone who gives of their time, money or other resources to worthy causes or people, usually without expecting anything in return. The dictionary defines generosity as “readiness or liberality in giving; freedom from meanness or smallness of mind or character; a generous act; largeness or fullness.” It isn’t difficult to recognize generosity whether we’re the giver, the receiver or just the observer. But consultant, speaker and author Alan Weiss gave a definition that I’d never before considered in an article on generosity… Read More

September 9th, 2009 at 7:42pm

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By Gerald Daniels An article in our local newspaper this past week carried this headline: Sales of Big-Ticket Items Soar. When businesses and consumers purchase the so called big ticket items like homes, cars and equipment it is a strong indicator that the economic upturn has begun. According to Chief Economist, Nigel Gault at IHS Global Insight “it looks like we’ve hit rock bottom and we’re slowly trying to dig our way out.” The majority of our country and the world for that matter have been waiting desperately for those words to give them some peace of mind. Yet the… Read More

September 3rd, 2009 at 9:34am

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