Believe in Yourself

Good Quote from Unknown Author

May 11, 2010

“You are the CEO of your life”! – Unknown Author Morning YP’s! Very simple quote, but very powerful in the same breathe. I like this quote because it says that YOU are the only person who is in charge of your life. Granted, there are factors that are out of our control, but at the [...]

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The Blind Side Quote

April 20, 2010

“When something awful was happening my mother would tell me to close my eyes.  She was trying to keep me from seeing her do drugs or other bad things.  And when she was finish she would tell me to open my eyes the past is gone, the world is a good place and it’s all going [...]

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Good Quote From J. Cole

April 1, 2010

J. Cole: Just To Get By (Freestyle) “Now where’s the ladder|Cause either you gone whine or you climb| I choose the latter (ladder).”           Enough with the whining and complaining YPs!  You’re wasting energy and quite frankly nobody wants to hear about your misfortune over and over and over again.  We all have to deal [...]

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Good Quote from Les Brown

March 29, 2010

“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars”. – Les Brown           Happy Monday YP’s! This is one of my favorite quotes of all time, because it is inspires me to do, and become better. I believe I first heard this quote from Beanie Siegel in a song titled “Feel [...]

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Good Quote from Khalil Gibran

March 23, 2010

“Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens”. – Khalil Gibran Good day YP’s! Very good quote from Khalil Gibran, and it definitely speaks [...]

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Good Quote From Emily Dickinson

March 18, 2010

“Dwell in possibility.”           YPs we always seem to dwell on things from our pasts that are already done and over with but for some reason we dwell on those decisions, events, or whatever that impedes our progression and/or growth.  The notion of dwelling in possibility/possibilities sounds pretty appealing if you ask me.  To dwell [...]

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Don’t Let THEIR Perception be YOUR Reality

March 15, 2010

        I’m sure we’ve all heard the phrase “Perception is Reality” numerous times. I’ve always interpreted that to mean whatever is perceived or thought about something is true. But is that line of thinking really true? My answer to that is yes and no. Someone’s perception of you is true for them but it doesn’t [...]

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Good Quote From T.I.

March 12, 2010

“If it takes til I’m a 100 years old bet I’m reaching everyone of my goals.” Praying for Help|”Urban Legend”           While listening to my media player on my Blackberry, T.I.’s song  Praying for Help from his album “Urban Legend”came on and it’s just a testimony to his determination to achieve his goals, regardless of how [...]

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Good Quote from Arnold H. Glasow

March 11, 2010

“Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion.  You must set yourself on fire”. ~Arnold H. Glasow Good morning YP’s! I really like this quote because it talks about success not happening over night, as much as we would like it to. I remember a conversation that I had with a student that I tutor, and [...]

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YPShaH:Young Women with Confidence Issues

March 8, 2010

YPs one of YPBlogSpot’s long time twitter supporters and little sister to YPs has decided to bless us with a blog regarding young women’s confidence issues.  Confidence comes easy to some and not so easy to some but confidence can make or break a person.  Men and women struggle with confidence/self-esteem issues for various different [...]

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Budget Cuts: Layoffs

March 3, 2010

          There is a meeting and the topic of discussion is “Budget Cuts” and who the budget cuts will affect then you realize they’re probably going to affect and include you.  The you is me and during the meeting my smile transformed into a serious look of concern.  Now I am just assuming that I [...]

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Be Bold: Create YOUR Own Path…

February 4, 2010

          I was flipping through the channels one night, and stopped on BET, and caught Monica’s conversation with songwriter/producer Dallas Austin. Monica was basically in a cross roads of her career, and was asking Dallas for advice. Dallas told Monica that she can’t go off of what the public want to hear from her, because [...]

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Good Poem by Calvin Coolidge

January 13, 2010

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not: unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan “press on” has solved and always [...]

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Food For Thought:Expand Your Limits(“Quote”)

January 12, 2010

  “Life extends way past the limitations that we give it, expand the mind some say, and we do as humans but to expand and forward yourself into the unknown, is not comforting to the sense of safety and the ability to trend water with the others. Look around 99 percent of us do the [...]

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Good Quote from Michael Jordan

January 8, 2010

  “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.”           Well said MJ!  I’m going to take it a step further though by saying that everyone wants it to happen or wish it would happen but not everybody makes it happen because they really don’t want it to [...]

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