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December 26, 2017 – 12:52 pm | No Comment

This Week 7’s (12.14 – 12.31) Affirmation: Mindfulness – I will reach for mindfulness each day.
Date – 12.26.17
B-Book 44: Do the Work by Steven Pressfield
The key message in this book: Often we stop dead in our tracks …

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Articles by Rupert Hussey

How to be kinder to yourself

August 18, 2022 – 5:58 pm | No Comment
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Learn to identify self-criticism If you’re like many people, your self-criticism has become a deeply ingrained habit – it’s so automatic, you might not even realise you’re doing it.Yet recognising that you’ve fallen into self-criticism …

How to empower a teen with ADHD

July 24, 2022 – 2:09 am | No Comment
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The only thing that helps me focus is if I’m genuinely interested in what I’m doing.’ Sitting across my desk was Celia, a first-year undergraduate diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), who had attended …

Break-up Story

July 17, 2022 – 5:27 pm | No Comment
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Married or not you should read this…
When I got home that night as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, I’ve got something to tell you. She sat down and ate quietly. …

How to set yourself free with ritual

June 20, 2022 – 5:27 pm | No Comment
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When I first read Confucius, I was disappointed. He seemed like
a stick-in-the-mud, obsessed with enforcing the status quo. ‘As for music,’ he grumped to his disciples, ‘listen only to Shao and Wu. Prohibit the tunes …

Simone de Beauvoir on facing old age and avoiding bad faith

June 18, 2022 – 12:14 am | No Comment
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Old age is not exactly a time of life that most of us welcome, although globally speaking it is a privilege to reach it. In Western societies, the shocked realisation that we are growing old …

ADHD Procrastination Strategies: Accomplish More, Feel Great

May 29, 2022 – 9:22 pm | No Comment
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Whether you fear criticism, misjudge the passage of time, or get overwhelmed by the sheer size of your to-do list, procrastination is a problem that most with ADHD share. Learn three common reasons why we …

Worlds of Color

March 29, 2022 – 11:38 am | No Comment
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The British Empire was built on slavery then grew by antislavery

October 23, 2021 – 10:25 pm | No Comment
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Britain ended its slave trade in 1807, and abolished slavery in much of its colonial empire in 1834. Four years later, Queen Victoria was crowned. For British liberals, the timing was auspicious, and the lessons …

How to stop yelling at your kids 

October 11, 2021 – 7:21 am | No Comment
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Need to know
Your child screams out that you are stupid and demands that you leave him alone. Your teen responds to your well-intended piece of advice
with an eye-roll and a ‘Whatever.’ Your preschooler is having …

Argue better by signaling your receptiveness with these words

October 11, 2021 – 7:00 am | No Comment
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Whether it’s warring spouses, neighbourly disputes or broken friendships, it seems that disagreement followed by conflict is almost inevitable whenever people spend enough time together. And the more important the relationship, the more devastating that conflict …

Keep the Spark Alive in Your Marriage

October 1, 2021 – 7:05 pm | No Comment
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Staying up late scrolling social media to avoid intimacy with your partner or, worse, pretending to be asleep, isn’t good for your marriage. But if you find yourself avoiding sex, you’re not alone: Approximately one …

Zelle scammers bilk bank customers out of thousands

September 6, 2021 – 7:19 pm | No Comment
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Two Chicago-area women say scammers bilked them out of $3,500 each by conning them over the phone and then using the Zelle mobile-payment system to withdraw money from their Bank of America accounts.
“It’s really distressing,” …

How to Drop Your New Adult Off at College 

August 3, 2021 – 7:58 pm | Comments Off on How to Drop Your New Adult Off at College 
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Hey, parents who are about to drop your kid off at college for the first time. Can we talk?
As you usher your precious pearls through the archway of adulthood in the midst of a pandemic, you …

Why You Shouldn’t Tell Your Child to Have a Plan B

June 4, 2021 – 7:57 pm | No Comment
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My father gave me two pieces of advice when I was very young. First, never dig a pile of dirt from the middle. (Shovel at the bottom, so the dirt falls into the blade.) And …

St Jago’s Jaheim Harris is Caribbean’s No. 1 in add math, physics 

June 4, 2021 – 7:34 am | No Comment
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JAHEIM HARRIS’ affinity for mathematics started back in basic school and continued at the Angels Primary School, where he got perfect scores in the subject throughout, and participated in numerous mathematics competitions as well as …

Deep-rooted racism, discrimination permeate US military

June 1, 2021 – 4:04 pm | No Comment
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For Stephanie Davis, who grew up with little, the military was a path to the American dream, a realm where everyone would receive equal treatment. She joined the service in 1988 after finishing high school …

How to record police with your smartphone

April 24, 2021 – 5:58 pm | No Comment
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Darnella Frazier changed the course of history by tapping record on her smartphone. We can learn a lot from her about what to do when facing down badges, guns and a potentially dangerous situation.

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College isn’t the solution for the racial wealth gap. It’s part of the problem.

April 11, 2021 – 7:50 pm | No Comment
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Je’lon Alexander is a Morehouse Man who graduated in 2018. He has roughly $55,000 in debt, even after a $15,000 annual scholarship. His parents, who have advanced degrees and close to $400,000 of debt between …

100 Must-Know Statistics About Race, Income, and Wealth

February 26, 2021 – 3:51 am | No Comment
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Income and wealth disparities along racial lines have repercussions for all aspects of life in the U.S.: education, health, homeownership, retirement, and life expectancy.
Racial inequality in the United States has many dimensions, but one of …

Welcome to 2021 – Momento Mori!

January 2, 2021 – 8:39 pm | No Comment
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I’m a black CEO: Discounted on Wall Street because of my skin color.

July 9, 2020 – 4:17 pm | No Comment
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Eddie C. Brown is the founder, chairman, chief executive and senior portfolio manager of Brown Capital.

I was raised in the Jim Crow South, when the railroad tracks separated whites from blacks and African Americans were …

75 Must-Know Statistics About Race, Income, and Wealth

June 12, 2020 – 6:31 pm | No Comment
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Attribution:  This article was posted on Morningstar.com by the veritable Christine Benz.  I could not help but post it on my blog because this is the clearest I have ever seen the numbers laid down …

What to do in your 20s to avoid regrets in your 30s and 40s?

June 6, 2020 – 8:00 pm | No Comment
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1. Don’t make a belief about “living in the moment.” Either do not trust that purchasing new bags, shoes, or clothes can give you extra points, yet don’t think it is cool to squander. Before …

How can you identify intelligent people?

May 1, 2020 – 1:04 pm | No Comment
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Really like this list – lifted from Quora by Kelly Duncan:

Intelligent people do not like to gossip, they like talking about idea and innovations. Hence, they cannot just be friends with everybody. Average people sometimes …

What are some ugly truths of life?

April 22, 2020 – 3:10 pm | No Comment
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I just love this list that I lifted from Quora – written by Jasmin Mous, 

Evil exists. There are people who have chosen to destroy everything and everyone that comes into their way.
Empathy is NOT a …

What successful people have in common?

April 21, 2020 – 1:22 am | No Comment
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The below list was lifted from Quora and is authored by Adam Fayed Founder of Global Online Financial Advisory Firm.  I really like this list a lot.  I think just successful is enough though – …

College is a Risky Business

December 24, 2019 – 1:47 am | No Comment
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The idea is ingrained in our pop culture. Parents, teachers, high school guidance counselors, financial aid officers, and students all understand that if a high school graduate wants to achieve success she will have to go to …

What are the dirty little secrets of college admissions?

December 24, 2019 – 1:18 am | No Comment
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This is an excellent piece from Quora, written by a gent  by the name of Brett Elkins:
Here is what I have found after working with kids and talking at length with many college admissions to …

My Kid’s Going to College in August. My Name’s Not Felicity.

April 9, 2019 – 7:43 pm | No Comment
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How can I help my student manage stress?

April 3, 2019 – 5:26 pm | No Comment
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