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Do What You Love to Do

Posted on April 21, 2010 by | Leave a comment

In setting goals for your life, short and long-term, you should continually ask yourself, “What do I most enjoy doing in each area of my life?” For instance, if you could do just one thing all day long in your work, what would it be? If you could do any job or full-time activity all the time, without pay, what would it be? What sort of work or activity gives you the greatest joy and satisfaction?

The psychologist Abraham Maslow identified what he called “peak experiences,” “those moments or times when an individual feels the happiest, most elated, and most exhilarated.” One of your aims in life is to enjoy as many peak experiences as possible. You achieve this by thinking back and identifying those moments of  peak experience in your past and then by imagining how you could repeat them in your present and future. What have been your happiest moments in life up to now? How  could you have more of those moments in the future? What do you really love to do?

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You Are a Businessman

Posted on April 20, 2010 by | Leave a comment

A New York business dropped a dollar into the cup of a man selling pencils and hurriedly stepped aboard the subway train. On second thought, he stepped back off the train, walked over to the beggar and took several pencils from the cup. Apologetically, he explained that in his haste he had neglected to pick up his pencils and hoped the man wouldn’t be upset with him. “After all,” he said, “you are a businessman just like myself. You have merchandise to sell and it’s fairly priced.” Then he caught the next train.

At a social function a few months later, a neatly dressed salesman stepped up to the businessman and introduced himself. “You probably don’t remember me and I don’t know you name, but I will never forget you. You are the man who gave back my self-respect. I was a “beggar” selling pencils until you came along and told me I was a businessman.”

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Charlie Chaplin

Posted on April 19, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Nearly everybody knows Charlie Chaplin, a world-famous comic actor. People everywhere have laughed at Charlie Chaplin’s films until tears ran down their faces. From his very first appearance they know what will happen. The little man with the little black moustache, wide-open eyes, round black hat and shoes too large for this feet, will struggle through snowstorms, and fall from windows. He’ll fight men who are twice his size, and fall in love with women, who hardly notice him, and try to hug them.

The poor man that Charlie Chaplin played in hundreds of films makes all kinds of stupid mistakes. He is always in trouble, but he never gives up. He dreams of becoming a great man.

Even people who don’t understand English can enjoy Chaplin’s films, because they are mostly silent. It isn’t what he says that makes people laugh. His comedy does not depend on words. It depends on little actions which mean the same thing to people all over the world.

Chaplin raises his thick eyebrows or rolls his eyes. He hides behind a fat lady or under a table to escape from his enemies. He dresses well and pretends to be a rich and important man. It is all so hopeless and impossible that he makes us laugh. This is the secret of Chaplin’s huge success.

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The Titanic

Posted on April 18, 2010 by | Leave a comment

In an effort to produce the largest, fastest, and most luxurious ship afloat, the British built the Titanic. It was so superior to anything else on the seas that it was dubbed “unsinkable”. So sure of this were the owners that they provided lifeboats for only 950 of its possible 3,500 passengers.

Many passengers were aboard the night it rammed an iceberg, only two days at sea and more than halfway between England and its New York destination. Because the luxury liner was traveling so fast, it was impossible to avoid the ghostly looking iceberg. An unextinguished fire also contributed to the ship’s submersion. Panic increased the number of casualties as people jumped into the icy water or fought to be among the few to board the lifeboats. Four hours after the mishap, another ship, the Carpathia, rescued the survivors—less than a third of those originally aboard.

The infamous Titanic enjoyed only two days of sailing glory on its maiden voyage in 1912 before plunging into 12,000 feet of water near the coast of Newfoundland, where it lies today.

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The Assassination of Lincoln

Posted on April 17, 2010 by | Leave a comment

April 14, 1865 is an unforgettable date in US history. It is the date that Abraham Lincoln was shot.

The night of April14, the president and his wife were attending the opening of a new play at Ford’s Theater in Washington D. C.

Near this theater lived a 25-year-old actor named John Wikes Booth. Booth was strongly against the North even though he hadn’t personally fought for the South during the Civil War. As the play came to intermission, Booth entered the theater. He walked slowly and quietly toward the door that led to the President’s box. He carefully looked around to located the guards who were supposed to be protecting the President. He was overjoyed to find the guards were not on duty because nobody would notice him. He quickly reached the door and began holding the gun in his pocket.

The theater was quiet. Suddenly a terrible noise interrupted the play. Everyone was shocked and looked up to where the sound had come from. Smoke was coming from the box where the Lincolns had been enjoying the play. Soldiers rushed in, but it was too late. The murderer had already jumped down from the box to the stage and hurriedly ran out of the theater.

Lincoln, one of the greatest American president, had been shot and died early the next morning.

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