A recent national survey of registered voters in the US conducted by Fairleigh Dickinson University found a quarter of men under 30 bet on sports online.
And 10% of men ages 18-30 have a gambling problem, compared to just 3% of the overall population.
In that survey, 68% of people who bet on sports online reported at least one gambling behavior that’s considered harmful.
These include borrowing money to gamble.
And saying that gambling has caused financial or emotional problems. (CNN)
Are you a good listener?
Our recently deceased brother was a very good listener.
In order to be a good listener, I think you must have a genuine interest in the other person.
Our brother showed he was interested in me and what I had to say.
And his kind attention drew us closer.
It takes effort on your part to become a better listener.
And it will strengthen your relationship.
If not today, when?
And Darian Mensah of Duke leads the pack with $4M for 2025.
This is what’s happened to college football.
Who would ever have imagined so much money to players who haven’t graduated yet?
Darian is a transfer from Tulane.
So, dollars are the primary reason great athletes are moving from one school to another.
Stay tuned!
(Charles Dickens)
There are many factors that could cause a person to become hardened to life.
Relationships that have gone awry.
Unexpected health challenges.
Personal financial difficulties
Coping with the limitations of old age
So, how should we react to some or all of the above?
If we become bitter, we make our daily existence much worse.
After all, we still have to live with ourselves.
Living with ourselves is much easier if we maintain a warm heart to ourselves and others!
If not today, when?
We’re talking about dealing with disappointment.
We’ve all had them.
And I certainly don’t consider myself an expert.
Some disappointments provide a learning opportunity.
While others are just a part of life.
We all have talents that come to us naturally!
We refer to them as our strengths.
So, the title of today’s blog is important for you to consider.
Do you have unused talent that should be used or at least used more often?
This requires you to take an inventory of yourself.
How can you use this talent to your advantage?
If not today, when?
I guess the inventor of the light bulb has good advice about success.
I think we should listen.
He says the three essentials are: HARD WORK, STICK-TO-ITIVENESS & COMMON SENSE.
I cannot imagine the amount of effort required to invent the first lightbulb.
I’m sure there were many failures along the way.
And that brings up the 2nd essential; stick-to-itiveness.
Perseverence is the hallmark of every great achiever.
And the first two essentials are a waste of time if your intended goal doesn’t make sense.
So, there you have it from the man himself.
If not today, when?
Don’t do that!!
Each of us has enormous potential to do or to be!
Don’t rob yourself of the future you deserve!
Every kind of person has succeeded and every kind has failed.
So, what’s your excuse?
“We become what we think we are.”
We become a self fulfilling prophecy.
If you think you have great potential, you’ll strive to use that potential.
If you don’t think you have great potential, you’ll quit even before you begin.
Well, which path will you take?
If not today, when?
(Winston Churchill)
It took an optimist to pull England out of the doldrums of World War II.
He came on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and lifted the spirits of the nation.
Can you lift the spirits of your family?
We all have a responsibility to lift the spirits of those who look up to us for leadership.
Like Churchill, we must be optimistic in order to ask those around us to be optimistic too.
How do we become optimistic?
We begin by counting our blessings.
And then we help loved ones and friends count their blessings too.
If not today, when?
Today, most first interviews are done electronically. Sometimes second and third too, especially if long distance is a factor.
Always be ready ahead of time. Most of the time there is a particular time set and so be sure to be in your place with 10-20 minutes to spare.
Have something to write on in case the interviewer wants to give you someone’s name or address to follow up.
Be dressed professionally from head to toe. You have heard the horror story of an interviewer asking the person to get another item or an address and suddenly seeing a pajama bottom popping out of the chair!
Always speak clearly and look eye to eye. It may not seem that the person is looking directly at you, but be sure that you make every effort to do so.
Never look at your watch. YOU ARE NOT IN A HURRY. You must have as much time available as it takes. Sometimes, the interviewer will want an hour and sometimes 5 minutes. This might just be the moment that the company is sorting out potential candidates and does not need more than 5-10 minutes. You want to be one of the candidates they select to continue with and so you should never be in a rush.
You might ask the interviewer at the end of the interview if there is anything more that he/she would like to know about you and your background.
Always thank the person regardless of how you feel the meeting went.
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