BARACK OBAMA.

Born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii, Barack Obama is the 44th and current president of the United States. He was a community organizer, civil-rights lawyer and teacher before pursuing a political career. He was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996 and to the U.S. Senate...

What Makes a Friend

In kindergarten your idea of a good friend was the person who let you have the red crayon when all that was left was the ugly black one. In first grade your idea of a good friend was the person who went to the bathroom with you and held your hand as you walked through the scary halls. In...

The Key to Making Life Unique and Worthwhile

Now the key to make life really unique and worthwhile is to share.  Sharing has a certain unique magic of its own.  Here's what I learned about sharing ideas: If you share an idea with ten different people, they get to hear it once, and you get to hear it ten times.  So here's...

Money and Spirituality

Money causes most people more emotional problems than almost any other life issue.  How many times have you heard that "Money doesn't grow on trees", that "Money is the root of all Evil" or that anyone who is rich must, by definition, be either a crook or extremely hard and tough? ...

The Art of Forgiveness

The art of forgiveness begins when you forgive someone. It is having a humble spirit and being done with pride and self-pity.  It is taking a step toward the practice of forgiveness.  Hate is death, forgiveness is life. Forgiveness works the miracle of change.  When Lincoln...

LEGENDARY (Pierluigi Collina)

Often cited as the best referee of his generation by players and fans alike, Pierluigi Collina was respected for his no-nonsense approach to officiating. He is instantly recognizable as he contracted a severe form of alopecia, resulting in the permanent loss of all his hair, giving him his...

Angie Kerber (Tennis News)

Kerber Punches the Clock Tues., Now Serena’s Turn Wed. in Race for No. 1 at US Open Angie Kerber wants the No. 1 ranking, and she will get it if she wins the US Open. On Tuesday she made a statement, bageling the player who last year ended Serena Williams’ streak for a calendar-year Grand Slam at the US Open. The German beat Roberta Vinci 7-5, 6-0 to move into the semifinals at the US Open. Vinci’s...

THIERRY HENRY

Born on August 17, 1977, in Les Ulis, France, Thierry Henry began his professional soccer career for AS Monaco as a 17-year-old. After helping France win the 1998 World Cup, he became a four-time league scoring champion and twice finished runner-up for FIFA World Player of the Year honors...

Why Do People Fail?

This is a loaded question, because people do not fail--they quit. A bridge or a piece of equipment might fail, but it does not quit.  It has ceased to do that for which it was created.  Many try something and when it does not work for them as planned they simply throw up their...

Dealing with Disappointment

Life's not always a bed of roses, but there are ways of turning the downside around. We all experience disappointment at some point in our lives.  For example, we may not be successful at a particular job interview, we may not achieve specific health goals as quickly as we had hoped,...