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Saturday morning stories: Hanging out with Marijo and Having Fun! (Part III)
(Part I & II) Bizarre, all of the sudden, my car windows don’t work. Bizarre, Marijo pulled her side down and it could not go back up any more. At least for the time being. I’m trying and trying to unlock the power windows button. Nothing. I pushed and pulled. No results, so far. It…
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Saturday morning stories: Hanging out with Marijo, my wife, and Having Fun! (Part II)
(Read Part I of this story) Leaving home, Marijo asked me if I had cash. I answered positively shaking my head up and down. “How much cash do you have”, she asked. I replied “Got plenty… You tell me how much you need and we’ll see.” “100,” she said smiling. “No, I don’t have that…
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Saturday morning stories: Hanging out with Marijo, my wife, and Having Fun!
Marijo and I woke up early this morning. It was 6:30. I Woke up Jonathan, my oldest son, to join us, and drove to the nearby chapel. That’s been our rituals on Saturday morning to go to the adoration chapel at Saint Malachy Church since 2005 when we moved here in Tamarac, Florida. I met,…
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Leadership lessons from the soccer field: Messi missed it, and messed it!
It is said time and time again: “winners never quit, quitters never win”. This quote came to my mind after Argentina’s soccer player Lionel Messi announced he quits the Argentina National Team, after he, himself, missed a penalty kick, last Sunday at the finals of the 2016 Copa America against Chile. It was a tough,…
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A #lovelifeleadership lesson of courage: Irena Sandler rescuing children against the Nazi Germany
Originally posted on rooseveltjeanfrancois: I read Irena Sandler’s story last night. I read it from a collection of stories written by Cameron C. Taylor in his recent Volume 2 of 8 attributes of Great Achievers. I read the story 3 times in a row. Yes, 3 times in a row. I couldn’t believe it. And…
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A Time Magazine Story on how and why you should stay married.
Time Magazine, with the bi-line of Belinda Luscante, said it’s good to be hitched. A very interesting story which presents new researched base fact finding on marriage, divorce, and the business of intimate relationships. Here are my notes from this very interesting piece. New evidences keep piling up that few things are good for life…
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Tell your story with your own words, and live your life.
What we talk about is our story. Our story is about who we are. When we talk about our experiences, what we see, feel, do, fear, like with our own words, we create our own life. We market ourselves by telling our story. Marketing is storytelling, said best selling author and blogger Seth Goddin. The…
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The YouEconomy: Stop being only a consumer and start being an owner!
I just read this morning a very important report on the YouEconomy to be published in the next issue of Success Magazine. I invite you to dig deeper and to join this global movement that is revolutionizing how we live, work, and play. Here are some notes I took from this special report released online…
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Lessons from life: things I’ve learned along the way!
A friend of mine just forwarded this email to me. And I would like to share it with you. I don’t know the original author. If you do, please share my regards with him/her for his/her creative composition. Those are things we’ve learned from this thing called life. Have a good read. Enjoy, and let…
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Having Fun!
Today was a fun day! We spent the day celebrating Axel, our 3rd son, graduating from Cardinal Gibbons High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. We have been there and done that: This is our third high school’s graduation from Gibbons. We did not invite our “Fat Greek Family.” (I hope you saw that movie. If not:…
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