How often have you gotten a compliment on your creativity or your patience or your resilience, only to wave it off, assuming that these strengths must come easily to everyone? In my 30 years as a lifestyle/career coach and author, the mistake I see people make time and again is failing to recognize their talents. An honest inventory may be difficult -- even impossible -- for you to do yourself. So sit with a friend and try this exercise. It's a new twist on something I call the Self-Correcting Life Scenario, and it's one of my favorites.
Some children in Washington braved cold and soggy weather Saturday for an early Halloween treat -- a brief visit to the White House.
In the shadows of Disneyland, often referred to as the "happiest place on Earth," many children are living a reality that's far from carefree.
Democrats and Republicans squared off in the 50th annual Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park Thursday night.
I remember when I was 10 or 11 years old, our Boys and Girls Club director, Billy Thomas, displayed school pennants sent to him by former club members who had gone off to college. I looked up at all those university names and emblems and thought, "If I work hard and graduate from high school, anything is possible."
As Boys and Girls Clubs of America ambassador, Lopez's childhood photo is featured in a new campaign
Fans of Usher Raymond IV view him as a singing, dancing and acting superstar.
Usher introduces us to his camp 'New Look,' dedicated to teaching youth about the sports and entertainment industries.
Sheila Bernus Dowd's two children attended so many camps last summer that she used spreadsheets to keep track of their whereabouts.
The singer, who is promoting Boys & Girls Clubs of America, hopes his kids pursue their dreams "with passion and dedication"
U.S. nonprofits are straining under the weight of the recession, with many expecting to sustain permanent financial damage, a survey shows.
His hometown benefit concert will help renovate the Smyrna-Clayton Boys & Girls Club
While announcing new charitable projects, Alex Rodriguez candidly speaks to PEOPLE about the pop star
I'm 19 years old this year. That means, as for so many of my friends, this is the first year that I'm able to vote in a presidential election.
The country star will honor his late dad, Tug, a former Phillies pitcher
When Joanne Rosario's youngest child, Michael, was 12 years old, she would wake up at 7 a.m. most Saturdays, open the door to his room, only to see an empty bed and begin to worry where her son had gone. "Drug dealers were in the hallways, homeless people were lined against the wall," Joanne says. "I'd worry, but when I looked down from our 12th floor apartment, there he was dribbling a ball on the Lincoln Park court."
With the political season in full swing, much is at stake for America. The economy is in a downward spiral. We have an energy crisis. Our jobless rate is on the rise.
It's 1998 and I'm trying to interview Anna Kournikova. It's a bit like attempting to secure an audience with a world leader, which, Kournikova's handlers would have you believe, she is. Billed as "the most downloaded female on the planet," Kournikova is flanked by a battalion of handlers, agents, managers and other assorted obstructionists.
The proud dad talks about cooking for his daughter – and the family's weekend BBQs
Marquez Benson, 9, sits patiently on the edge of the indoor pool at the Boys and Girls Club near downtown Atlanta, Georgia.
Free swimming lessons for minorities aim to reduce the risk of drowning as Judy Fortin reports in this Health Minute.
After trying the Xbox 360 game, her daughter tells the supermodel, "You've got the moves"
If filling your tank with $3.60 a gallon gas is a serious economic hardship, ask yourself this: What if you didn't have a tank to fill up?
Rick Carlisle approaches the offseason among the top candidates on the coaching market, along with his ESPN colleague Jeff Van Gundy. But Carlisle swears there is no hurry for a return to the NBA. He has been busy in front of the camera as a TV analyst, and even more so in front of his computer.
ATLANTA -- The scream came out at the end. Long and loud and passionate. Sherron Collins let out a yell to release the pressure that had been enveloping his Kansas teammates in the final minutes of Tuesday night's 71-66 victory at Georgia Tech. As the final buzzer sounded, Collins chest-bumped Russell Robinson and No. 3 Kansas walked off Bobby Cremins Court with its undefeated record intact.
Juggling work, family, friends and community may seem sometimes like an impossible task. A flexible work schedule may be one solution to a better work-life balance.
Cal Ripken Jr. will always be known for his consecutive games played streak, but it may surprise many people that just two years into his big-league career, he already was planning for life after baseball.
TO LIBERALS, CORPORATE doublespeak and financial shell games rank as cardinal sins. That's why it's been jarring to see the progressive talk-radio network Air America accused of the kind of maneuve...
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When Harry Belafonte met the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1950s, he promised to always assist in his mission.
Rudyard Kipling once pointed out San Francisco's one drawback: 'Tis hard to leave. That's still true today, even after the Internet bust that hit the Northern California economy so hard.
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