Tag: confidence
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Charles Dickens changed the world
If I voted for the best writer of English literature, I would vote for Charles Dickens. His writings about orphans enlightened and changed the way people perceived homeless children and brought about great positive change for them. The photo is Dickens as a boy. Dickens had to quit school and go to work in a…
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Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out?
Most people don’t realize they have seeds of greatness on the inside of them that are just waiting to be cultivated so that they can grow. Not everyone is successful early in life. Not everyone makes good grades in school, but that doesn’t mean they won’t do great things in life. There have been some…
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I’ll be happy when…
It is easy to get into the habit of thinking “I’ll be happy when… I get married I have kids I get out of this marriage my kids leave home I get a promotion I get well my kids behave better Why not be happy today? Psychologists and success coaches say that the thoughts you are…
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Rags to riches–Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey was born in Mississippi to a poor unwed teenaged mother. She was raped when she was only nine years old, an experience that must have been very traumatic. She ran away from home at age 13 after suffering years of sexual abuse from a cousin, uncle and a family friend. She gave birth…
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Want a certain quality? Believe you already have it….
If you want a certain quality like intelligence, beauty, wisdom, good judgment, etc., you can bring it about by believing that you already have it. Seems hard to believe, doesn’t it? But many people have verified this countless times. “When you realize that inventors, artists, scientists, architects, and builders of great companies all must employ…
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