Good intentions, bad laws: The 65 percent solution was 100 percent wrong
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
@Ron, I don't disagree that sane, sensible and caring parents determine a child's life course, but I have interviewed hundreds of successful people who had hapless, abusive or absent parents and yet created satisfying and happy lives. …

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Chris Hill's Passion Helps Benefit Future Generations of Howell Residents
Patch.com
Knowing people who have gone on to be successful people in the restaurant world, or in the world of sports or whatever their chose profession is, Hill said he is happy to be where he is. "I'm just happy to do what I'm doing because you can't put a …

The Clinic
Subtitledonline.com (blog)
Indeed, beautiful, happy blonde individuals seem to be the ideal victims of sadistic treatment, for is this not why audiences consume horror – in order to enjoy the gradual wearing down of happy, successful people, into battered, defeated shells of …

Your Job Does Not Define You – Ask Noah
TheStreet.com
I have met many successful people but not as many happy ones. Why is this? My experience is that traders and investors too often allow performance at work to define who they are and how they feel. In today's column, I will discuss the difference …

Ex-reporter keeps elements of Spenser legend intact
Tbo.com
Parker's favorite villains have often been evil, greedy — but outwardly successful — people behaving badly. Spenser is happy to undertake the task, and because his most reliable sidekick, known only as Hawk, is elsewhere, he decides to recruit the …

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Germany's season of angst: why a prosperous nation is turning on itself
Globe and Mail
These are, by several measures, the most successful people in the world. Yet it is very hard to find anyone here who is happy about this state of affairs. Unlike the great Rhineland industrial booms of the 1950s and 1970s, this one is provoking Germans …

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Good as Gould: Matt happy to have Gus
Sydney Morning Herald
''I'm always interested in successful people, and why they are successful, and I know Phil has got very strong ideas on how to play the game. ''So I am going to bend his ear a bit. I'll explore all of that, because it would be ludicrous of me to allow …

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How to Find Time to Finish Your To-Do List
BNET (blog)
Successful people think in terms of “all,” whereas others tend to place limits on themselves. They may believe that “If I am rich, I can't be happy” or “If I thrive in my career, then I won't have time to be a good father, husband, or spiritual …

Battling a demon, despite raging success
Moncton ThisWeek
"Even the most successful people can have a high level of distress and difficulties in life. We wanted to give hope to others that you can be happy and you can work through your difficulties, no matter how severe." Ouellet said his life has not been …

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