Know and Remembering the Name of the Person Seated Beside You

Written by: Daniel Richard

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Today being a Saturday, meant that it was my church day (service doesn’t always fall on a Sunday)! And I was humbled by one incident that stuck in the back of my head till now, and I’d share with all of you which will tremendously make an impact in your life and in building people and friendships.

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The Wisdom of Soccer: Lesson #1

Written by: Daniel Richard

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Here’s the first part of a series of articles titled “The Wisdom of Soccer” that are dedicated to all of us who are into the Euro 2008 season this month.

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Replicating Your Successes With Your Current Goals

Written by: Daniel Richard

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Here are 3 questions that I’m going to ask you as the introduction to this entry.

Questions

1. What were things you are passionate about and had successes in that you were able to replicate over and over again?
2. What are your current goals and visions you like to achieve and see yourself doing (or are already doing today)?
3. Now, find a way to replicate the successes with your current goals, and do them.

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An Affair With Nature

Written by: Tesla L.

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Editor’s note: This post was contributed by Tesla Lin, whom I’m glad to have on this blog with us. He brings along a strong ability to think differently, and present thoughts, views, and ideas about life and the things that goes around the world - and universe, in an abstract manner that is clearly shown in his writings.

My mind is empty and calm. My gaze is locked at a particular scene. The image set before me paused, as the birds continue on with their beautiful chirping along to the cool breeze of the evening.

Colorful butterflies flap their wings in smooth motion as they glided gracefully across the grass; they appeared to hop effortlessly across the fields. Gently, as small giants they are, the butterflies fought against the wind. Their acts of resisting the wind make them appear like little dancers dancing on the surface of water. As I watched the wide array of colors performing to a simple silent tune, I let my mind slowly drift into a trance.

Just when my mind was about to fade away into a magical zone, a tiny whisper of the wind with a tingle behind my ears pulled me back to reality.

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How You Can Win Friends and Influence Them Positively

Written by: Jephthah

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Winning friends is like a fine form of art. It takes tons and tons of practice and requires you to have an increase in your confidence.

How you can treat your friend better can be a huge topic of study on it’s own. It can be plain simple while being contrastingly complex at the same time, depending on the kind of character you and your friend have.

Here are some ideas that I would like to recommend about on how you can go about winning and influencing friends in your life, that can be applied as of today.

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