There is obvious comfort in conformity - following the norm, as prevailing in the community and the peer group. Here is a story about someone who dared to be different.
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Elephant with the golden tusk
On Passion and Interests
How many times has it happened that life offered you two paths to choose from and you took the one most people traveled by, for you had no reason to doubt their collective wisdom. At least give yourself a chance, that way you would...
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It Couldn’t be Done
From his first published work in the Detroit Free Press until his death in 1959, Guest penned some 11,000 poems which were syndicated in some 300 newspapers and collected in more than 20 books, including A Heap o' Livin' (1916) and Just Folks (1917)....
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Swades
A successful Indian scientist returns to an Indian village to take his nanny to America with him and in the process rediscovers his roots.
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Thulasiraj Ravilla: Low-cost eye care is more fulfilling
Ravilla was born in 1951 in Southern India. He studied at the Indian Institute of Management in Calcutta. After receiving his MBA, Ravilla worked for Berger Paints. In 1981, he chose to leave his corporate job to take a far less well-paying but more...
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Written by Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull is a story about a bird who chooses to disregard the herd and follow one's true dream of flying.
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A road less traveled
A poem by Robert Frost on the choices a traveler faces, one a road more frequently traveled and one a road less traveled. The poet concludes the piece by saying that taking the road less traveled make a big difference in your life.
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