Archive for the Secrets to Success Category
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Without Love There Can be no Miracle
Many years ago I had an epiphany experience that changed my life forever. It was a miracle. The unspoken foundation of a miracle is the presence of pure love. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are not God-given laws, but if you are lucky
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Author Interview: Sociology Students Ask Questions About Growing up Poor
The Project: Students studying sociology at a northeasrtern university were asked to read the memoir, "Everything Will Be All Right", as a class assignment. They were asked to use their sociological imaginations to study the behavioral patterns of
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Sargent Shriver: A Man Who Had Been Given a Great Gift
Sargent Shriver died on January 11, 2011. Lyndon Johnson once referred to Sargent Shriver as "Mr. Poverty," because of his extensive work in creating programs like the Jobs Corps. Today, poverty levels are at an all time high. Our nation could learn
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Troubled Teen Escapes Poverty: Achieves Financial Independence
That's me, Doug Wallace, top center in the above photo. My siblings and I lived with our parents in the Kirkpatrick Homes housing projects in Granite City, IL in 1955. There were six of us children back then. Years later, our mot
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Guidance for Problem Children
It didn’t dawn on me just how much my business and personal growth would benefit from the lessons learned from my years in poverty until about age 23. Dealing with problem children often means having to understand what is bothering the
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Myths and Inconvenient Truths About Children in Poverty
There are many unknown factors when it comes to poverty, especially if you come from a background of the middle and upper classes. Though we can't predict the future, we can dispel some myths, and confirm some inconvenient truths, that collective
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Solutions for Parents with Troubled Children
Looking back I can see clearly how often throughout my troubled boyhood I was touched by words of encouragement. And random acts of kindness also also helped to shape me into the man I am today. And random acts of violence and ignorance
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High School Dropouts Need Not Give Up
Too often high school dropouts give up. I understand the feeling. When I dropped out of high school just three months before graduation, I was totally unprepared for the humiliation, the low sense of self-worth, and the shame that followed.
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Doug Wallace Live Radio Interview With the Jim Bohannon Show
This radio interview was with Jim Bohannon (pictured left) of the Jim Bohannon Show, broadcast live over 350 stations nationwide. It involves live interaction with listeners calling into the program. Though I have done dozens of radio in
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Ten Behaviors Guaranteed To Ruin Your Life
Amidst the desolate landscape of missed opportunities and broken hearts there lies the unanswered question: Why Do People Fail in Life? Could you have detected early warning signs and avoided the misery of failure? How far can will you fa
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