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By Carl Woolston
The word “learning” can invoke mental images of textbooks, tests, and material that is boring and therefore undesirable.
In high school, rebels like Jeff Spicoli from Fast Times at Ridgemont High made school entertaining, but high school is over and opportunities favor those who have embraced the learning process.
It took me years to figure [...]

Does the science of economics have real application in your life, or does it seem like a topic reserved for college professors and “experts?”
The word economics comes from the Greek words oikos (pronounced ee kos) meaning home or house, and nomos, meaning name, organization, or management.
To the Greeks, an “oikonomos” is a manager of a [...]

Booker T. Washington was an extraordinary hero from whom we can learn many valuable lessons.
He was born a slave in Virginia, was freed after the Civil War, then set out to become educated. He arrived at the Hampton Institute determined to gain admittance.
In his autobiography he wrote:
“I presented myself before the head teacher…After some [...]

By Carl Woolston
You have a purpose — and it may not be what you think it is. In fact, you only see a small glimmer of the diamond that you are and the difference you will make.
Life is a path, which is only lit a few steps in front of us as we walk [...]