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Hundreds walk past a collapsed teenager

When you read articles like this one about a collapsed teenager who received no help from hundreds of people who walked past, do you suppose this is an indication of today’s society in general? Or is there a reason people don’t like to help out?

This isn’t the first article I’ve read of this nature, but it’s always a little intriguing – what makes someone walk past another person without checking that they’re ok?

“The young university student, who did not want to be identified, collapsed to the pavement outside a crowded Perth department store as she was walking to the train station, but received no offers of help from the hundreds of people who walked past. ”

“The young woman was described by her family yesterday as slightly built, well-dressed and kind.”

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Do opinions of people change after they die?

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When someone dies does it change how we feel about them?

Do the things that bug us and irritate us about other people always seem insignificant after they are gone?
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A life of Passion

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Ever feel like your energy and drive in life is filled with peaks and troughs? This week has been rather turbulent for me with a few different ups and downs. Some song lyrics by the amazing Dave Matthews reminded me simply about something we forget from time to time: having passion in life.

Passion has so many dynamics and can be applied to so many things, with each one often overlapping and spreading to others. The joy and love for life that accompanies passion makes me wonder – why is it that we lose this drive sometimes?
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Think and grow rich

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The best seller “Think and Grow Rich” has been around for a looooong time. In fact, it was first published in 1937!

I finally bit the bullet and read think and grow rich for the first time just a few months ago. Everywhere I turned I seemed to hear about this book! It features time and time again as one of the highest regarded books on finance, money and personal growth on many websites, reviews and testimonies I’ve read.

The book itself sums up it’s contents well, describing how Napoleon Hill developed a simple but powerful 13-step formula to help you to:

identify your goals
master the secret of true and lasting success
obtain whatever you want in life
join the ranks of the super-successful

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Does integrity count for anything?

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I’ve often thought of integrity in fairly broad terms.
“Doing what is right” for instance, or “having high moral standards”. On reflection, I guess it is and it isn’t.

Let me ask you this – is integrity important in your life?

How high does it rank?

When you think of the concept of integrity, do you think it has more to do with being true to your word? Or is it more about having high personal standards regardless of what other people see or hear you do?
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The power of a Change of Focus

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Recently I was contacted by Kelly Sonora from Select Courses who published an article containing 100 links on self-improvement and lifehacking. She says in introduction:

These days, it’s hard to get motivated enough for anything. The economy is down, your savings – if you had any to start with – have probably dwindled, and it’s still easy to get depressed about the housing market, the environment, foreign policy, and even the possibility of sending your kids to college.

But that’s exactly why we need inspiration and mood boosters at any cost. Luckily for you, these are free.

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Hundreds walk past a collapsed teenager

Do opinions of people change after they die?

A life of Passion

Think and grow rich

Does integrity count for anything?

The power of a Change of Focus

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