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American’s Resilient Optimism

March 12th, 2009 · No Comments

American’s Resilient Optimism
I was reading an interesting article from Reuters that was about a Pew Economic Mobility Project survey. The survey found that Americans still widely believe in the “American Dream” as success determined by one’s own effort and not external factors or birthrights.
The nationwide survey of 2,119 adults found that:

79 percent said it is [...]

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Tags: Optimist Creed · Success

You Can Do It If You Put Your Mind To It

January 19th, 2009 · No Comments

With the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States, there is an optimistic feeling among many people all around this country and even beyond the borders of the United States. President-elect Barack Obama’s story is one that can only happen in this country, in these United States. This is a place where you [...]

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Tags: Barack Obama · Dreams · Empowerment · Leadership · Success

Focus on the Big Picture to Deal with Short-term Failures

January 12th, 2009 · No Comments

Quote for Leaders from Charles C. Noble:
“You must have long term goals to keep you from being frustrated by short term failures.”
On this site, I’ve written before that dreams can come true through the implementation of incremental goals. For the sake of consistency, relate dreams as long-term goals and it starts to make sense. I’m [...]

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Tags: Charles Noble · Failure · J.K. Rowling · Leadership · Success