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Compare the Cost of Education to the Cost of Ignorance…
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs Email this article to a friend The advantages are startling for what a college education offers you. The right degrees can bring you about $1.6 million more over a lifetime than families who have no degrees. A male age 25 or over with a bachelor’s degree earns on the average about $61000 which is about $29000 more annually than the high-school grad’s. When you compare the cost of education to the cost of ignorance, the difference is in the terms of thousands more per year earning power for those with…
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Why Personal Development?
Written by Jimmie Burroughs Email this article to a friend Why is personal development so important anyway? Can’t we just be our natural selves and do just fine. Would you want to stay right where you started out at birth, unable to talk: unable to walk or do anything for yourself? The answer is obvious, of course not. The purpose of life is the development of your body, soul and your inner self. No one stays neutral: you are either strengthening the positive elements or you are strengthening the negative ones. The evidence is clearly seen in those whose bodies are healthy and are people of integrity in opposition to…
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Five Great things that make Life worthwhile
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs- Email this article to a friend I started taking an interest in personal development over 40 years ago and I have been involved in teaching it for more than 30 years. After a lifetime of being involved in personal development, there is no doubt in my mind what really makes life worthwhile. I’ve decided on these five things: A faith that goes beyond my own little scope of things Meaningful Relationships Freedom to do the things I want to do Work that I enjoy and feel is a contribution to…