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What Would You Do For God? (VIDEO)

Tara Stiles | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion, Yoga, Meditation, God, Atheism, Responsibility, The Atheism Tapes, Ethics, Tara Stiles, Netflix, Spirituality, Living News
Tara Stiles

I grew up feeling from a very young age that what was right was right, no matter if God or my teacher said so. I wanted to help people, but I couldn't commit to an institution that was based on guilt, and control.

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Life Sucks And It's Society's Fault

Russell Bishop | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Blame, Personal Responsibility, Responsibility, The Inner Life, Choice, Quality of Life, Living News
Russell Bishop

Sure, you can blame the advertisements, the TV shows and the greedy bankers if you want, but it still comes down to who drank the Kool-Aid, not who made the Kool-Aid.

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Jack Canfield's Top 7 Success Tips

Jack Canfield | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Success, Life Goals, Relationships, Responsibility, Goals, Happiness, Living News
Jack Canfield

The real truth is that there is only one person responsible for the quality of the life you live. That person is YOU.

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Men Aren't All That Happy Either

Russell Bishop | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Fulfillment, Responsibility, Marcus Buckingham, Men Women Happiness, The Inner Life, Women Happiness, Choice, Happiness, Living News
Russell Bishop

To me, the root cause of dissatisfaction and unhappiness often lies in the areas of focus we choose for ourselves.

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"Wow, I'm an American!"

Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 10.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Freedom, Self-Help, Peter Breggin, Values, Psychology, America, Founding Fathers, Constitution, Responsibility, Living News
Dr. Peter Breggin

We've taken the "wow" out of America. It's time to put it back. It's time to be proud to "Live like an American!"

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The Hamlet Secret: Joyful Living!

James M. Lynch | Posted 10.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Personal Responsibility, Personal Transformation, The Hamlet Secret, Responsibility, Personal Growth, Hamlet, The-Hamlet-Secret, Personal Development, Shakespeare, Mahatma Gandhi, Tikkun Olam, James M. Lynch, Gandhi, Happiness, Living News
James M. Lynch

Whatever the result, whatever happened, it is all your "fault" (read "responsibility"). By adopting this stance, you become empowered to take on any situation no matter what.

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You Can Never Get Enough Of What You Don't Really Want

Russell Bishop | Posted 11.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Personal Responsibility, Positive Outlook, Positive Thinking, Responsibility, Positive Focus, The Inner Life, Choice, Russell Bishop, Living News
Russell Bishop

As difficult as things may be, there's almost always something we can do to improve...Fundamentally, the most important choice any of us can make when confronted with life challenges is how we respond.

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No Person Left Behind: The Search for Meaning In Education

Alex Pattakos | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Engagement, Education Policy, Education, Health Care Reform, Publc Education, Education Reform, Meaning, Responsibility, Pattakos, Living News
Alex Pattakos

With all of the attention being paid to the health care reform, there does not appear to be much concern about reforming another massive human service system that also isn't working as well as it should. I'm talking about education reform.

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Elite Pakistani Students Pick Up Trash To Clean Up The Country

Nosheen Abbas | Posted 09.19.2009 | World

Read More: Youth, Responsibility, Environmentalists, Social Responsibility, Pakistan, Islamabad-Pakistan, Youth Activism, Garbage, Islamabad, Environmentally Friendly, Responsible, Garbage-Reduction, Private Schools, Schools, Citizen, Spotlight on Pakistan, Sop, Spotlight-on-Pakistanyoung, World News
Nosheen Abbas

Tired of hearing people complain about what's wrong with Pakistan, these students decided to do something about it by meeting every Sunday to clean up trash.

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Hate Speech

Jim Lichtman | Posted 09.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Jon Meacham, Intolerance, Responsibility, Rush Limbaugh, Rutgers Women’s Basketball, Free Speech, Hitler, Barack Obama, Health Care, Donny Deutsch, Ethics, Don Imus, Nazism, Hate Speech, Glenn Beck, Fox News Channel, Newsweek, Media News
Jim Lichtman

Apparently, executives at Fox do not know the difference between opinion and hate speech.

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Do We Have Inalienable Responsibilities to One Another?

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 08.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Personal Responsibility, Responsibility, Children, Social Responsibility, Raising Children, Families, Advice, Family, Living News
Amitai Etzioni

Family is more than chicken soup.

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Tips on Parenting from the Dad of a 'Stupid Kid'

Christina Patterson | Posted 08.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Blame, Contingency, Benefits, Compensation, Parenting, Responsibility, Teenagers, Living News
Christina Patterson

Middle-class parents somehow believe that the web of neurotic over-protection that they weave around little Ella or Sam should extend seamlessly to every object, or person, they meet.

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Searching for Relevancy in an Obama World

Janet Ritz | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Green Lifestyle, Lifestyle, Green Office, Responsibility, The Environmentalist, Environment, Green, Deniability, George Witte, Barack Obama, Obama Transition, Politics News
Janet Ritz

Eight years of having someone to point at and say: See! There's the problem (and it was), was an easier proposition than looking in the mirror and asking: How am I the problem?

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Don't Turn Drinking Into a Responsibility

Robert Rosenthal | Posted 06.05.2009 | Style

Read More: Funny, Martinis, Booze, Drinking, Responsibility, Margaritas, Alcohol, Liquor, Responsible, War-on-Terror-Oxymoron, Style News
Robert Rosenthal

Then there's moral responsibility, civic responsibility, fiduciary responsibility. Don't you just want to say "screw responsibility" some times? Those times were made for drinking.

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Why the Swine Flu is My Fault

Elissa Altman | Posted 05.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Smithfield Foods, Responsibility, Swine Flu, Living News
Elissa Altman

Someone recently said that good food produced from healthy animals who have been treated fairly, humanely, and kindly is expensive, and it should be. ...

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A Different Kind of "First 100 Days"

Jim Lichtman | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Leadership, Trust, President Obama, Taxes, Professor Clark Roof, First 100 Days, Capps Center, Transparency, New Era of Responsibility, Mr. Obama, Confidence, UC Santa Barbara, The Walter H. Capps Center, Integrity, Health Care, Post-Election Study, Democrats., Openness, Republicans, Ethics, Responsibility, Politics News
Jim Lichtman

When it comes to responsibility and openness, how is Mr. Obama doing? Is he working to restore the trust and confidence of the American people?

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Who's Responsible? We Might Never Know

Harry Moroz | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Alexander Hamilton, President Obama, New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, Leon Wieseltier, Noah Feldman, President Bush, Federalist Papers, Tarp, Responsibility, Politics News
Harry Moroz

The mistakes or missteps of President Bush lie not merely in his administration's lack of transparency, but in its disregard for the establishment of goals.

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The Death and Rebirth of Accountability

Tom Morris | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Ethics, Corporate Responsibility, Responsibility, Corporate Accountability, Accountability, Recession, Business Ethics, Politics News
Tom Morris

How can there be a general ethos of solid and pervasive moral standards once more? We need good laws, and effective regulation. We need to restore an overall moral culture of accountability.

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Empower Yourself: The Empowerment Myth

Russell Bishop | Posted 05.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Success, Responsibility, Response Abiity, Empowerment, Choice, Russell Bishop, Power, Living News
Russell Bishop

If ever there were a time for empowerment, this would be it. It sure seems like events are conspiring to dis-empower us as we transition through thes...

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Teacher Accountability and Autonomy

Robert Rose | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Justice, Responsibility, Autonomy, Freedom, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Quality, Education, Teachers, Teaching, Politics News
Robert Rose

Accountability is only fair and possible when teachers have the freedom, the autonomy, to use all the tools at their disposal in the manner the best serves them and their students

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The Blame Game: It's Time To Take Responsibility

Russell Bishop | Posted 04.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Happiness, Responsibility, Russell Bishop, Blame Game, Myths, The Inner Life, The Balanced Life, Living News
Russell Bishop

Last week, we talked about the myth of control and how the pursuit of control prevents people from making real choices. We built on the timeless advi...

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3 Keys To Personal Accountability And Creating A Better Life

Anne Naylor | Posted 03.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Wealth, Responsibility, Personal Accountability, Health, Well-Being, Freedom, Russell Bishop, Love, Happiness, Possible Dream, Possibilitarian, The Balanced Life, Living News
Anne Naylor

"Some favorite expressions of small children: "It's not my fault. . . They made me do it. . . I forgot." Some favorite expressions of adults: "It...

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Obama and the Revival of Responsibility

Robert Creamer | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Breaking News, Progressive Values, Progressive Era, Barack Obama, Fiscal Responsilibty, Responsibility, 100 Days, Obama Speech, Obama Administration, Obama State of the Union, State of the Union, Politics News
Robert Creamer

Last night Barack Obama spoke to Americans as adults. He told America that responsibility for others is not just a stupid value for chumps -- but the definition of begin a grown-up.

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How Can You Expand During This Meltdown?

Russell Bishop | Posted 03.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Responsibility, Service, Economic Crisis, Russell Bishop, Keys to Life, Happiness Tips, Featured Contributor, Living News
Russell Bishop

While this economic mess continues to unwind, here's a small tip about something you can do to expand even while things appear to be contracting aroun...

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Who's Responsible For This Mess?

Russell Bishop | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Awareness, Responsibility, Lessons in the Key of Life, Russell Bishop, Accountability, Choice, Living, Key Life Lessons, Meaning, Happiness, Living News
Russell Bishop

"I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast." -- Victor Frankl, ...

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