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Success or failure is not determined by genetics, geography, environment or heritage. It isn’t a function of race, religion or creed. While I will agree that some situations and some environments make it more challenging than others- it isn’t those factors that will ultimately determine a person’s success or failure. If that were so, then no one from a challenging environment ever would have succeed...and they have!nnInstead, our success and/or our failure i

June 25, 2007

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Every day in America, thousands upon thousands of people rush to get botox, plastic surgery or shiny red sports cars – all in a vain effort to improve the way they feel about themselves. Somehow the good feeling either doesn’t come or it fades quickly. In an effort to get the desired outcome, one botox injection leads to another, one plastic surgery is frequently followed by another and one make and model of the shiny red sports car is followed by another.nnNow I

June 25, 2007

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Having traveled the road from - being born into poverty - to becoming a millionaire (the first time) – to going broke – to becoming a millionaire (the second time), to going broke, to becoming a billionaire (yeah, that one started with a “B”) - to going broke – to becoming a millionaire (the third time) – I’ve learned some things about success and failure.nnI have learned the secret of overcoming failure:nnWe have to OVERCOME our cala

June 24, 2007

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MODESTY IS NOT A VIRTUE WE ARE PROGRAMING OUR KIDS TO FAIL!nnI’m not suggesting that we teach our kids to become braggarts or boastful. Rather we should teach them to be honest and fair. We encourage them to be honest and fair with others – we should also teach them to be honest and fair with themselves.nnWe should teach them to have the same degree of honesty with their successes as they have with their failures.nnThey shouldn’t be in denial about either. N

June 24, 2007