I am happiest when I'm with my family, most fulfilled when I'm solving problems, and most loved when I remember who found me, chose me and made me.
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Duke Law ranked no. 1 by Above the Law for second straight year abovethelaw.com/top-law-scho…
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This is Christian prophecy: responding to evil with good, to hatred with love, to division with reconciliation. Faith transforms reality from within.
This is brilliant! Can we do this with Pierre Bossier?
As shopping malls empty, Baby Boomers who once shopped at the mammoth meccas continue aging. The logical answer: Redevelop the malls to include senior living communities. trib.al/0PKEzxA
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It’s not long hours that hurts your children. The biggest impacts come when you’re distracted by work when you are with them. hbr.org/2018/11/how-our-care…
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A study has revealed that thinking too hard causes chemical changes in the brain, which present behaviourally as fatigue. Discover the science behind why thinking too hard makes your head hurt econ.st/3V2a4cU
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If you anticipate all possible objections you will never speak. Or tweet. – at Beverly Hills, CA
TEMU is a BIG DEAL. A large amount of profit for small and large businesses in US and Europe is made by exploiting the gap between consumer and mass overseas manufacturing rather than manufacturing their own products. If this app closes the gap in a reliable way …
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How is your faith showing up in your invite?
Today’s sermon will be online Tuesday morning! If you missed it, check it out. NCC.team
Many of my professors in undergrad and grad from China used to warn/explain this very thing. I was always amazed at how readily they were ignored by US government and business leaders.
So excited to announce that my book "Beijing Rules: How China Weaponized Its Economy to Confront the World," is now available for pre-order on Amazon!
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Every action you do changes you, making it easier to do it again next time. Eventually, it becomes so natural that you cannot rest until you are doing it. 'Sow a thought, reap an action; so an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character.'
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We talk about living on mission one habit at a time…and a lot more!
On the latest episode of the Disruption Blueprint #podcast: @phillipdeas joins @sspotswoodrfg for a powerful conversation exploring the difference between setting goals, and sticking to and achieving them. Ready to get inspired? Tune in here: bit.ly/3ZLT5NA
Accreditation agencies, professional standards groups, etc have more power than most are aware of. Even things like Chicago Manual of Style and APA can have an outsized influence on the use of language and therefore the evolution of society.
From @WSJopinion: Is college accreditation constitutional? Congress has given these private agencies virtually unchecked regulatory authority, write Shannen W. Coffin and George Leef on.wsj.com/3TuSWf1
What implications might this have for crypto?
Turning silver into coins catalysed the overthrow of the oligarchies of dozens of ancient Greek city states and their replacement with versions of the idea that all free men should share in governing econ.st/3YxCQT3
Hey @ShreveportMayor this might be a neat idea to try! (Also congrats and best wishes!)
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Researchers in America have found that the faster religious attendance falls in a state, the more “deaths of despair” rise. These include drug overdoses, alcohol-related illness and suicides econ.st/3xUOhJA
What if we gave everyone the benefit of a doubt and assumed every statement has the best possible meaning instead of the worst. What if we let people own the meaning of what they said - even to the point of correcting and clarifying. Wouldn’t that be a loving way to listen?
Could AI be used to clear the backlog of immigration cases and applications more quickly and in a more fair and less biased way?
The consumer in me is curious. How do you inflate value to a bank? My bank tells me what they think my property is worth. I can get an appraisal but they have final say. Would love someone to explain this to me. (Also I would be curious if this was an article about any human.)
Trump, who had plenty of reasons to want to appear more creditworthy to banks, inflated the value of his property by an estimated $400 million. trib.al/FZ3DwmX
I’m finding great joy these days in cultivating and identifying simple pleasures - like mint lip balm. It lifts my mood every time. What are small things that make a big difference in your life?