(Coco Chanel)

Coco Chanel knew that every entrepreneur must take a different path to success.

Yes, differentiation is the key.

Her designs stressed simplicity and comfort.

She was also known for the Chanel suit, the quilted purse, costume jewelry and the little black dress.

She ruled Parisian haute couture for almost six decades.

Differentiation is the key!

If you want to start a new business, how will you be different?

(WALT DISNEY)

Can you even imagine the complexity of building the first Disneyand?

Somehow, Walt Disney pulled it off!

He had a great imagination and a lot of courage.

People like Disney come along once in a generation.

There are now 12 Disney Theme Parks located around the world.

It all began with Mickey Mouse!

For some reason, CONSISTENCY is not one of the seven virtues.

Actually, a person who is CONSISTENT is TRUSTED by others.

In all the roles of our lives CONSISTENCY IS POWERFUL!

As a spouse: CONSISTENT behavior day in and day out keeps the relationship strong. A spouse who can count on the other in all areas is much more likely to live the same kind of life. This is the basis of a long and happy marriage

As a parent: Your children must learn what was right yesterday is right today and what was wrong yesterday is still wrong. This must begin at a very young age. “No” is no when a child is two, seven or sixteen. Consistent child rearing gives children security and guidelines for life.

As an employee\employer: Consistency in the workplace can define an employee who is valued and promoted upon whom success follows.

Do you value and practice CONSISTENCY? You will reap the rewards in your life.

If not today, when?

If you want to be more physically fit, try Japanese Walking.

In a 2007 study, researchers instructed participants to alternate three minutes of fast walking at 70% peak aerobic capacity with three minutes of slower walking at 40% peak aerobic capacity.

Do this for at least 30 minutes on four days per week.

That’s generally the same advice experts give today.

Although it suggested upping the walk to five days per week.

If you do so, you’ll be getting 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise every week, which is recommended by the American Heart Association. (CNN)

I have been committed to a walking exercise for many years.

The result is a strong heart and lungs.

If you are able to walk, commit yourself to Japanese walking or design your own.

If not today, when?

The photo is of a young boy playing his accordion in Kyiv, Ukraine.

(As you can see, he’s so little that he needs a footstool for his feet.)

It was taken a year ago before the heavy bombing of Kyiv.

He came out every evening to play his music in the town square.

It was his way of trying to make a little money for his family.

And to offer his music to passersby.

I hope he’s still alive!

(Michael Jordan)

I guess his message is “Try and keep on trying!”

We don’t think of him missing shots.

And we don’t think of successful people failing over and over again.

But they do.

What makes many of us different from them is that they don’t stop trying.

It comes down to how badly they wanted it and how badly we want it!

Passion is a strong force.

And necessary!

There’s a chilling trend emerging in the job market: Women are dropping out of the US labor force at some of the highest levels in history.

An estimated 455,000 women left the workforce between January and August this year, a period when the overall labor force has held relatively steady, Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows.

Only the pandemic saw a larger exodus for that period, according to BLS records that go back to 1948.

Economists are sounding the alarm: The losses, if continued, not only stand to erase the historic gains made by women in recent years but also risk stifling US economic growth.  (CNN)

AP — The J.M. Smucker Co. is suing Trader Joe’s, alleging the grocery chain’s new frozen peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are too similar to Smucker’s Uncrustables in their design and packaging.

In the lawsuit, which was filed Monday in federal court in Ohio, Smucker said the round, crustless sandwiches Trader Joe’s sells have the same pie-like crimp markings on their edges that Uncrustables do. Smucker said the design violates its trademarks.

Smucker also asserted that the boxes Trader Joe’s PB&J sandwiches come in violate the Orrville, Ohio-based company’s trademarks because they are the same blue color it uses for the lettering on “Uncrustables” packages.

Trader Joe’s boxes also show a sandwich with a bite mark taken out of it, which is similar to the Uncrustables design, Smucker said.

Well, Well, Well. Now we’re fighting over PEANUT BUTTER & JELLY!

Yes, you’re happy she got accepted to the college of her choice.

Yes, you know how difficult it was to conquer all the little & big challenges along the way.

Yes, it’s going to be very expensive to pay for all four years.

Yes, when you return to an empty house, it hits you.

Yes, she was your baby and now she has become an adult.

So, why are you so sad?

Because she is a different person with grown up challenges.

And yes, she’s really gone!

And you, for the first time are an EMPTY NESTER!

It’s been 10 years since Maggie Doyne was named the 2015 CNN Hero of the Year for her work caring for and educating vulnerable children and orphans in rural Nepal.

What started with a plot of land that she purchased with her BABY SITTING MONEY has become a global model for poverty alleviation and development through her nonprofit, BlinkNow Foundation.

“It’s really a community vision for care and what children need to thrive,” Doyne, 38, said.

After high school, Doyne began her work after meeting a young girl in Surkhet, Nepal, whose life was ravaged during the country’s decades-long civil conflict.  (CNN)

We all know of people who need a helping hand.

Lift them up!

If not today, when?