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MindJitsu: Converted Couch Potato Sets Guinness World Record

The kind of ordinary-people-doing-extraordinary-things journalism we need more of. Converted couch-potato Ernestine Shepherd: 80 years young, looks spectacular with a mega-watt smile, and a Guinness Book World Record holder in 2010, 2011. Now world-renowned for her age-defying feats, there is much to be learned from this soft-spoken, Baltimore-based giant. One of the most important factors…

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‘I Am The Greatest’: A Big Ego Ignites Big Achievements

Like it or not, Ego is NOT the enemy. In fact, in many (probably most) cases, a Big Ego is essential to Big Achievements. https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=t3ebC9n1vRA People with Big or Humongous Ego’s have long been criticized and demonized. They get a bad rap. Not so fast … The truth is: Big Egos make the world go-round. If…

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CageFighting is A Cakewalk Compared to Walking on 400-foot-high Beams

Cagefighting is a cakewalk compared to UFC fighter David Branch’s previous job – as an iron worker walking on beams 30-stories high atop the New York skyline. Branch, who grew up in the same Brownsville, NY, neighborhood that produced “Iron” Mike Tyson, once witnessed an iron worker colleague – working on a beam 24-stories high…