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Life tip: Always call your mom on your birthday

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If you’re like most people you love getting phone calls from your special friends and family members on your birthday.

After all, it’s a very special day that only comes around once a year.

But guess what? You shouldn’t wait for your mom to call you on your birthday. If you’re lucky enough to still have her around you should call her instead.

Why? Because your birthday is just as special and important to your mom as it is to you.

Think about it for a moment…

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Remembering Katherine Johnson: The ‘computer who wore a skirt’

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Some of the most crucial (and most difficult) computations in the field of space travel are used to determine the trajectories and orbits of rockets and various types of space vehicles.

One simple mistake can cause a spacecraft to miss a planned rendezvous with another vehicle or even miss a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to visit and explore a comet or some other heavenly body that’s hurtling through space.

And in some situations a mistake in these calculations can even cost the crew members their lives.

Back when space pioneers like Alan Shepard and John Glenn were gearing up for their historic flights, they depended on an amazing lady named Katherine Johnson to calculate the trajectories and orbits of their crafts – and she made those calculations by hand!

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The power of the first step

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“Take the first step, and your mind will mobilize all its forces to your aid. But the first essential is that you begin. Once the battle is started, all that is within and without you will come to your assistance.“
     -–Robert Collier

I have a question for you: Are you a dreamer?

I mean are you someone who sits at times and thinks about what you’d love to accomplish in life?  [Read more…]

Why I never put much trust in a first impression

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“I don’t know if you’ve ever noticed this, but first impressions are often entirely wrong.“
     -–Daniel Handler

It’s human nature to form an opinion about someone we meet for the first time based solely upon our first impression of that person.

Whether it’s the way they look, the way they dress or speak, or perhaps the type of vehicle they drive, it’s so incredibly easy to form an impression about someone’s character, their educational background or their financial status. [Read more…]

The precious gift of “Today”

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“Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.“
       –Bill Keane

Do you ever sit and ponder your life’s journey?

Where you’re headed (the future)?

Or perhaps, where you’ve been (the past)?

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