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“The average American with credit card debt owes more than $15,000.” Our massive debts have spawned a whole community of experts explaining how to manage or get rid of the debt. “The strategy begins with cutting up those cards that have the debt.” Then have a strategy to begin paying them off, one by…

In an article published by the New York Times, Judith Newman describes how her autistic son has been helped by interacting with Apple’s “intelligent personal assistant,” Siri. Newman’s son, Gus, spent an hour asking about the difference between isolated and scattered thunderstorms. Afterwards, he told…

In the Disney animated film Frozen, Olaf the snowman sings a song explaining how he longs for summer and all the wonderful things he has heard about the warmer season. His desire is to experience another season of the year and to feel the warmth of the sun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_axMza-fR3Q…

In the Disney animated movie Kung Fu Panda, Po is a struggling young panda working in his family’s noodle shop. Through a series of events, he receives the chance of a lifetime, his dream, to train with the Kung Fu masters. Under the leadership of Master OOgway, who is a mature, old turtle, Po begins…

A new Gallup poll found that 17% of Americans named Ebola as America’s “most urgent health problem.” That is a much larger percentage than those naming our real heath problems, obesity, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, or substance abuse. Two people have died in the US from Ebola compared to the millions…

When a person is suffering from depression, there are times when they just can’t make their body do anything, even if they know a little exercise would be the best thing. Paige Waehner says she has helped a lot of people find the motivation to exercise, but admits that depression is especially hard to…

In the 40 years he has been teaching, Bruce Farrer has taken on a special roll each year to give former students a look at their lives from the past. Every year, Farrer asked his 14-year-old English students to write a 10-page letter to their future selves. After they assignment was turned in, Farrer…

Falls account for over 8 million hospital emergency room visits, representing the leading cause of visits (21.3%). http://www.nfsi.org/the_costs.php Everybody falls, but some fall less often than others, because they prepare their steps. Spiritually we can avoid falls by preparing our steps, and one…

For eight seasons, Mike Rowe hosted a cable TV show highlighting what most people consider to be the worst jobs in America. The program ended in the fall of 2012, and now the host Mike Rowe is dedicating himself to helping others find fulfilling work. Rowe operates a website which is a resource for people…

Police in New York say a man’s plan to coast an SUV with no brakes downhill to a scrap yard turned out to be a very bad idea. The twenty-eight-year-old man told police that he had disconnected the battery before coasting down a hill to take the car to a junkyard. He also said he knew the vehicle had…

When a couple decides to marry, they have a very rosy view of their future together. In a recent survey of marriage-license applicants, 0% felt like they would ever get a divorce. This optimism can lead to a decision to neglect the counseling and preparation for marriage that is available. --Time, June…

In The Church Awakening: An Urgent Call for Renewal, Charles Swindoll writes, “Entertaining churches with a shallow, superficial, feel-good message can never prepare you for the doctor’s report that reveals cancer. Or the call from the policeman who says your son was in a head-on collision. Or the day…

In a new collection of letters, Editor Joseph Galliano has compiled advice from today’s luminaries to their own sixteen-year-old selves. --Ed. Joseph Galliano, Dear Me: A Letter to My Sixteen-Year-Old Self, referenced in The Week, December 9, 2011 p. 48-49 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell…

Billionaire Warren Buffett is considered one of the most successful investors of our time. He recently surprised reporters when asked to describe the best advice he ever received. Rather than focus on ways of making money, Buffett said his father taught him the best way to live. He encouraged parents…

In the motion picture, Ironman 2 Tony Stark is a conflicted character. Stark is a brilliant and wealthy industrialist who inherited the company his father founded. His invention of a weaponized suit has revolutionized warfare, and ended many world problems. Despite his successes Stark is not complete…

In a contest with one another for the PGA Tour Championship and a 10 million dollar purse, Tiger Woods and Sean O’Hair displayed an example of friendship for the entire world to see. O’Hair and Woods were playing a practice round together preceding the beginning of the final playoff tournament. Woods…

Robyn Okrant decided she wanted to make some changes in her life, so she turned to self-help guru Oprah Winfrey. In 2008, she followed every piece of advice Oprah gave on her daytime talk show, in her Magazine “O” and on her website. She bought what Oprah told her to buy, she ate what Oprah told her…

For all of you fathers who have daughters about to leave home out there, I want to give you something to give them. Having handed my own stradaverius to a gorilla, I offer these up as pieces of advice to share with your daughters: Number 1: Don't imagine you can change a man - unless he's in diapers.…

Ever gotten advice you didn’t ask for? If you’ve lived through your teenage years, I’m sure you’ve gotten plenty of it. Well, I’m not a teenager but some time ago I got some advice just like that. It was a beautiful summer day, just right for biking. By the way, this is my favorite time of the year and…

LEADERSHIP In his book, The Greatest Communicator: What Ronald Reagan Taught Me About Politics, Leadership, and Life, Dick Wirthlin writes, “Leadership, after all, is not raw power. It is not even authority. I define leadership as the power to persuade in ways that change people's lives.” - The Greatest…

It was a small adjustment that could make a big difference. Sure, it was against NASCAR rules, but almost everyone else was doing it. So crew chief Tim Shutt crawled under the No. 20 car of Mike McLaughlin, who races on the NASCAR Busch circuit. "Joe [Gibbs, team owner] is adamant that we don't cheat,"…

~ Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong. ~ Life is simpler when you plow around the stump. ~ A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor. ~ Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled. ~ Meanness don't jes' happen overnight. ~ Forgive your enemies.…

Joe was experiencing a very tough time in his life. He felt his faith slipping and was desperate. He pulled out his Bible and decided to randomly open it up to get a word from God. So he flipped pages and stopped at Matthew 27:5, which says, "Judas went out and hanged himself." He thought he'd try it…

According to Andrea Stone, Americans are consulting psychics in greater numbers because of the economic downturn. This includes executives, business owners, homeowners, and investors. Psychics report that people are asking about economic issues rather than the old standby, love and romance. --USA Today,…

The advice of experts is no more costly than the mistakes of amateurs. - Hood Lifetime Speaker’s Encyclopedia, Volume 1, Jacob M. Braude, page 16