5 Lessons to Make You think About The Way We Treat People

1 – First Important Lesson – Cleaning Lady
During my second month of college, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions until I read the last one:
“What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?”
Surely this was some kind of joke. I [...]

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Making an Impression [Simon Cowell, American Idol Judge]

Once again a contestant was voted off today. However American Idol judge Simon Cowell remarked a few words that really kept it real.
It’s not that you can’t sing. But you did not make an impression. Thus people did not remember you enough for you to have made an impact.
Think about it. This one goes along with [...]

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Abdullah Gymnastiar [18 Feb 2007]

I recently attended this closed-door seminar between certain institutional heads and Aa Gym, a charismatic Indonesian motivation speaker.  Here were the key points raised:

An important aspect of living life well, is to be able to manage your anger.
Do not be worried about what others say, as it is feedback for yourself. The more angry they become, the [...]

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Hadith: Remaining Steadfast

(A snipplet from a Friday prayers sermon on 17 Feb 2007 that I feel stresses the importance of your circle of influence and having enough self-confidence and esteem to remain steadfast, despite the pressures and influence.)
When we hold fast to our principles, we will be able to face the challenges in today’s life. We will [...]

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Clinton

WALLACE: When we announced that you were going to be on fox news Sunday, I got a lot of email from viewers, and I got to say I was surprised most of them wanted me to ask you this question. Why didn’t you do more to put Bin Laden and al Qaeda out of business [...]

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Come, Seekers of Truth…

Come, come, whoever you are.
Wanderer, worshipper, lover of leaving.
It doesn’t matter.
Ours is not a caravan of despair.
Come, even if you have broken your vow
a hundred times.
Come, yet again, come, come.

 - Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-1273)

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