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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.
- Henry David Thoreau

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Accessing Your Untapped Potential

As an adult educator, I watch people growing in their skills and abilities, and I wonder what separates one person’s ability to master a skill from another’s ability.  Part of it has to do with the potential that each person has to master a skill, but that leads me to wonder, what untapped potential does [...]

Milwaukee... the New City of Gold

Once a week, Milwaukeans and Wisconsinites get into their cars and make a quest to sacrifice their hard-earned cash along a section of Fond Du Lac Avenue known colloquially as the Miracle Mile.  They stand in line, sometimes with twenty or more people in front of them, at any of a number of convenience marts [...]

The American Dream

In this land of freedom and liberty, we all have the opportunity for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.  Or at least, that’s how the Dream goes.  But no one person’s dream is stronger than human nature.  No matter how far you run, you can never escape yourself, and life, liberty, and the pursuit [...]