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I’m an avid reader of Tim Ferriss’ blog. Tim is the author of The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich(very interesting book, highly recommended) which is all about lifestyle design, and Tim’s blog continues that theme in a lot of interesting ways.
One of these interesting ways was a contest [...]
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I began writing this post as a story about Dara Torres, the swimmer who, at age 41, is breaking records and astounding everyone as she works to qualify for the Beijing Olympics.
But as I began to research her inspirational story, I discovered that she was not the only older person competing in the games. [...]
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This is the story of Sandor Teszler told by Ben Dunlap.
Sandor Teszler is a Hungarian man who survived the holocaust and, when he saw the Klu Klux Klan becoming more and more like the Nazis, used the factories he owned as a means to fight the Klan and racism in general.
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Today I’ve got another inspirational person story, although to tell you the truth I’m not sure how many more of these I’m going to be able to do as it seems that living life well isn’t grounds for becoming famous, and so I’m running out of material. Anyway…
Most of us treasure honesty and the [...]
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Last week I talked about the importance of inspirational people and their stories, and I want to do that again today.
Most, if not all of you have heard of J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter book series. I’m sure most of you have also heard of the almost fairytale circumstances under which she [...]
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I find that one of the most effective tools for achieving personal growth is finding out about inspirational people and their stories. Hearing about a person who has broken the mold and created their own amazing path in life never fails to make me re-examine my own life and realize how I could [...]
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