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As you probably know, the California Gold Rush created tremendous wealth and made lots of people rich, but not all of them got rich the way you might suspect.
One of the most famous men to earn a literal fortune during the Gold Rush was Levi Strauss, whose name is no doubt quite familiar to you.
And like so many of his “Gold Rush” contemporaries, Mr. Strauss didn’t earn his incredible fortune by mining or panning for gold.
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“There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.“
-–John Holmes
Have you ever had the opportunity to help someone who desperately needed some form of assistance?
And if so, did you take it?
If you did I’m willing to bet the experience ended up making you feel just as good as the person you helped.
Life being what it is, virtually every time we’re around other people we’re presented with opportunities to help someone.
Living (and loving) Life
Have you ever wondered why the U.S. capitol is located on the east coast instead of somewhere near the middle of the country?
Well, there’s actually a very good reason, and you can probably guess what it is…
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to hear nothing but silence from the time you were born till the moment you passed on?
Or what it would be like to see the world and everything in it in black & white, with no ability to “see” color at all?
For various reasons, some folks are born completely deaf and others are born completely colorblind.
But thanks to modern technology many of those people are now able to experience the things they have been missing out on since the moment they made their entrance into the world. [Read more…]
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“Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn.”
–John Maxwell
It’s a simple fact of life that we humans sometimes fail at the things we attempt. After all, no one is perfect.
Some of the wealthiest people on the planet went bankrupt (some of them more than once) before they ultimately achieved their incredible success.
On the flip-side, some of the happiest people I have ever known had to go through some pretty dark times before they found the happiness they so badly longed for.
Here are a couple of examples: [Read more…]