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Why would people want to read faster

A question often asked is why people would want to read faster? Without wishing to be flippant, the answer to this question is essentially two-fold:(a) because they want to; and(b) because they need to.Below we will examine some of the reasons why so...

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Chatty Cathy

We all run across these people who talk and talk and talk. They forget to include you in their conversation. You know who I am talking about here. They are the ones who run a monologue on you and you just stand there for a while so shocked that you c...

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The Art of Baseball Having Faith in Yourself

The Art of Baseball: Having Faith in Yourself© by Kathy SimcoxIt all started with the click of a mouse button and a credit card number. The next thing I knew I was sitting in a Broadway theatre in mid-town Manhattan watching my first play and ha...

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There Should Be Less Talk, Mother Theresa - EQ at Work

Emotional intelligence involves many separate competencies. One of them is compassion or empathy. You might think of it as ^soft.^ Well, actually some people think of emotional intelligence as ^soft.^ Which brings up an interesting point. In the Stre...

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How to Use Humor to Improve Your Relationships

Humor has long been considered one of the most effective tools to judge the quality of any relationship. If there is laughter present you can assume that the relationship is a healthy one. When the laughter ceases you can be quite certain that the re...

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Good Grief, I Learned a Lot, Charlie Brown!

For 50 years the daily comic strip 'Peanuts'entertained millions of readers. Every day, theadventures of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus andthe whole gang provided many laugh-out-loudmoments while at the same time offering a dailyinspiration a...

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Innovating Your Way to Success

The calendar is chock full of fun facts like this: "The first successful parachute jump from a MOVING airplane was made by CaptainBerry at St. Louis, Missouri in 1912." Naturally my mind immediately jumped in wonder to the first successful parachute ...

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Maximizing the Landmark Experiences of Your Life

Eric closed his eyes as he rubbed his temples for what seemed likethe twentieth time that hour. His life lately resembled an episodefrom a daytime soap opera rather than reality. A thought entered his crowded consciousness: "What is it about me that ...

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The Shattered Identity - Part I

I. ExpositionIn the movie "Shattered" (1991), Dan Merrick survives an accident and develops total amnesia regarding his past. His battered face is reconstructed by plastic surgeons and, with the help of his loving wife, he gradually recovers his will...

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Remember Me

When you have lost your song andcan't find your way through the darkness,remember the Lord for all He has already done.Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they ...

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